Economic evaluation of short treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, Ethiopia and South Africa: the STREAM trial

• DOI: 10.2471/blt.19.243584
• Publication Date: 2020-04-30T20:15:06Z
• Authors: Jason J Madan; Laura Rosu; Mamo Girma Tefera; Craig van Rensburg; Denise Evans; Ivor Langley; Ewan M Tomeny; Andrew Nunn; Patrick PJ Phillips; I D Rusen; S Bertel Squire
• Keywords: Regimen

The STREAM trial's economic evaluation compared the health-system and participant costs of short long regimens for treating MDR-TB in Ethiopia South Africa.Before trial, median treatment duration was 20 months 22 Africa.Trial participants were randomly assigned a 2 : 1 ratio to or regimen, with randomization stratified by trial site presence human immunodeficiency virus infection. 11Data collected at two sites (i.e.