Open AccessEconomic Assessment of Reverse Algorithm Syphilis Screening in a High Prevalence Population
Author(s) -
Sean Buono,
Ricardo BasurtoDávila,
Hilary Godwin,
Nicole M. Green
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0000000000000875
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , algorithm , public health , environmental health , family medicine , computer science , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
More laboratories are screening for syphilis with automated treponemal immunoassays. We compared direct costs and downstream consequences when a local public health laboratory switches from a traditional algorithm (nontreponemal screening) to a reverse algorithm (treponemal screening).