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We aimed to model diagnostic performance and costs of implementing TDAs in primary health centre (PHC) and district hospital (DH) settings in Uganda.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We developed decision-tree models following the TDA pathway from evaluation to treatment-decision. We compared six scenarios with combinations of diagnostic testing (stool and respiratory Xpert, urine lipoarabinomannan, and\/or CXR) at PHCs and DHs. Outcomes were diagnostic accuracy and cost per correct treatment-decision for a cohort of 10,000 children with presumptive TB using a Monte Carlo simulation from a health system perspective. Costs were reported in 2024 international dollars (I$).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In all scenarios, TDAs had high sensitivity (80.8%\u201391.9%) but low specificity (50.9%\u201360.9%). Total diagnostic and treatment costs for the cohort were I$1,768,958\u20132,470,298, largely driven by overtreatment of false-positive cases. Diagnostic costs were mostly offset by reducing overtreatment. The cost per treatment-decision was lowest using mobile CXR at PHCs (I$287) and highest with DH referral (I$449).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The TDAs have high sensitivity and can be implemented at PHCs with lower costs than DHs. 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