Cost-effectiveness analysis of targeted and sequential screening strategies for latent tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1223-1230

  Mancuso, James D ^a,b   Niebuhr, D W ^b   Frick, K D ^c   Keep, L W ^a   Anderson, K M ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Recruit medicine; Tuberculosis screening

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; INTERFERON GAMMA RELEASE ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 80051683595     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0542     Document Type: Article

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