The Clinical and Economic Impact of Point-of-Care CD4 Testing in Mozambique and Other Resource-Limited Settings: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Hyle, Emily P ^a   Jani, Ilesh V ^b   Lehe, Jonathan ^c   Su, Amanda E ^a   Wood, Robin ^d   Quevedo, Jorge ^c   Losina, Elena ^a,e,f   Bassett, Ingrid V ^a,e   Pei, Pamela P ^a   Paltiel, A David ^g   Resch, Stephen ^h   Freedberg, Kenneth A ^a,e,h   Peter, Trevor ^c   Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^c CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF LIVING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POINT OF CARE CD4 TESTING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGED; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907959202     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001725     Document Type: Article

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