Cost-effectiveness of screening strategies for gonorrhea among females in private sector care

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 813-821

  Bernstein, Kyle T ^a   Mehta, Supriya D ^b   Rompalo, Anne M ^b   Erbelding, Emily J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ONSET AGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33646107159     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000204187.86600.0a     Document Type: Article

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