Economic evaluation protocol of a short, all-oral bedaquiline-containing regimen for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis from the STREAM trial

Introduction A December 2019 WHO rapid communication recommended the use of 9-month all-oral regimens for treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Besides the clinical benefits, they are thought to be less costly than the injectable-containing regimens, for both the patient and the health...

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Main Authors: Laura Rosu, Eve Worrall, Mamo Girma, Vanita Patel, Makwana Mukesh, Malaisamy Muniyandi, Shravan Kumar, Sangeetha Subramani, Saleem Ahmad, Jasper Nidoi, Irina Pirlog, Mariana Macarie, ID Rusen, Gay Bronson, Meera Gurumurthy, Karen Sanders, Sarah Meredith, Wendy Dodds Ben Spittle, Robyn Henry-Cockles, Rachel Bennett, Elisa Giallongo, Danni Maas, Ruth Goodall, Saiam Ahmed, Katharine Bellenger, Gopalan Narendran, Elena Tudor, Rajesh Solanki, Daniel Meressa, Adamu Bayissa, Anuj Bhatnagar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/12/e042390.full