Performance requirements to achieve cost-effectiveness of point-of-care tests for sepsis among patients with febrile illness in low-resource settings

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 841-849

  Penno, Erin C ^a   Crump, John A ^a   Baird, Sarah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; COST; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MORTALITY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 84943545585     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0082     Document Type: Article

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