A formal decision analysis identifies an optimal treatment strategy in a resource-poor setting

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 776-787

  McClamroch, Kristi J ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^b   Behets, Frieda M T F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical infection; Decision analysis; Economics; Epidemiologic methods; Madagascar; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; DECISION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MADAGASCAR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRUE NEGATIVE RESULT; TRUE POSITIVE RESULT; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE DISEASES;

EID: 45849083122     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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