Open AccessPopulation Health Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Diagnosis with Xpert MTB/RIF: A Dynamic Simulation and Economic Evaluation
Author(s) -
Nicolas A. Menzies,
Ted Cohen,
Hsien-Ho Lin,
Megan Murray,
Joshua A. Salomon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
plos medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.847
H-Index - 228
eISSN - 1549-1676
pISSN - 1549-1277
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001347
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , genexpert mtb/rif , multi drug resistant tuberculosis , sputum , coinfection , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , incidence (geometry) , status quo , environmental health , virology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology , physics , optics , economics , market economy
Nicolas Menzies and colleagues investigate the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of implementing Xpert MTB/RIF for diagnosing tuberculosis in five southern African countries.
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