Diel, Roland; Nienhaus, Albert; Lampenius, Niklas; … - 2014
economic consequences of drug resistance patterns on the treatment costs of MDR-and XDR-TB patients. Methods: On the basis of … drug susceptibility of the single MDR-TB/XDR-TB strains the direct medical costs of suitable therapies were calculated … invoicing system and health statistics. Total drug and monitoring costs and were determined by Monte-Carlo simulation comprising …