Likely health outcomes for untreated acute febrile illness in the tropics in decision and economic models; a Delphi survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lubell, Yoel ^a,b   Staedke, Sarah G ^a,c   Greenwood, Brian M ^a   Kamya, Moses R ^d   Molyneux, Malcolm ^e   Newton, Paul N ^f,g   Reyburn, Hugh ^a,h   Snow, Robert W ^g,i   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^j   English, Mike ⁱ   Day, Nick ^b   Kremsner, Peter ^k,l   Dondorp, Arjen ^b   Mbacham, Wilfred ^m   Dorsey, Grant ⁿ   Owusu Agyei, Seth ^o   Maitland, Kathryn ^p   Krishna, Sanjeev ^q   Newton, Charles ^p   Pasvol, Geoffrey ^r   Taylor, Terrie ^e,s   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^t   White, Nicholas J ^b,g   Binka, Fred ^u   Mills, Anne ^a   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a   more..

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^f MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

ⁱ KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^j INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^k ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^p KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^q ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

^u Malaria Clinical Trials Alliance (MCTA)   (Ghana)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELPHI STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCESS MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TROPICS; ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEVER; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952164228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017439     Document Type: Article

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