Labor Losses due to Tuberculosis in Russia in 2010–2022

The objective : to evaluate labor losses due to tuberculosis. Subjects and Methods . Modeling of annual labor losses due to temporary and permanent disability and death from tuberculosis (TB) was carried out on the basis of official statistical surveillance data. Results . Labor losses due to temporary disability (TD) and death were found to be decreasing, while permanent disability losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been increasing in the last three years. More than ¾ of labor losses are related to disability due to tuberculosis. The average duration of a tuberculosis case with temporary disability is growing, which may be associated with an increasing number of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and TB/HIV co-infection. It has been found that the number of labor losses and incidence of tuberculosis with temporary disability is strongly associated with prevalence of fibrous cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis and losses due to disability. The proportion of labor losses due to disability is expected to decrease due to the end of the special procedure for its prolongation.