THE THEORETICAL COST OF MEDICAL-TREATMENT IN A CASE OF TUBERCULOSIS IN FRANCE IN 1982

  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 11  (5) , 677-685
Abstract
Theoretical cost of the medical treatment of patients with tuberculosis in France in 1982 was calculated after considering the price of diagnosis, drugs, in-patient care and follow-up. For exclusively outpatient (ambulatory) care, 9 mo. treatment was 10 times less expensive than a therapeutic regime which included a hospital/sanatorium stay of 4 mo. followed by a return home. The major differences of theoretical costs involved were more closely related to location of treatment rather than either the drugs chosen (as rifampicin was always used) or the type of follow-up over 9 mo.

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