Productivity losses associated with tuberculosis deaths in the World Health Organization African region

Table 5 Total cost of TB interventions and the benefit-cost ratio for the African Region

Variables	Number of TB cases^a	Cost per TB patient ($)^b	Sub-Total Cost ($)
TB Incidence (including HIV)	2 700 000	549.6417	1 484 032 538.70
TB Incidence (HIV-positive)	870 000	257.8836	224 358 707.64
MDR-TB	56 700.00	4715.117	267 347 134.18
Undiscounted total cost (USD)			1 975 738 381
(A). Discounted total cost (Int$) at a 3 % rate			1 918 192 602.45
(B). GDP Loss (potential saving)			50 382 574 953
Benefit/cost ratio, i.e., (B)/(A)			26.2656497

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