Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of combination therapy
Author(s) -
Samuel D. Shillcutt,
Chantal Morel,
Catherine Goodman,
P. G. Coleman,
David S.H. Bell,
C. W. M. Whitty,
Anne Mills
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.07.042259
Subject(s) - malaria , medicine , disability adjusted life year , artemisinin , cost effectiveness , cost effectiveness analysis , artesunate , psychological intervention , quality adjusted life year , rapid diagnostic test , intensive care medicine , cost–benefit analysis , plasmodium falciparum , environmental health , population , disease burden , immunology , risk analysis (engineering) , psychiatry , ecology , biology
To evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness in different sub-Saharan African settings of presumptive treatment, field-standard microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to diagnose malaria.
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