Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Optimal Control Measures for Tuberculosis

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2627-2645

  Rodrigues, Paula ^a   Silva, Cristiana J ^b   Torres, Delfim F M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cost effort; Efficacy function; Optimal control; Post exposure interventions; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84919398031     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-014-0028-6     Document Type: Article

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