Open AccessComparative Cost and Effectiveness of a New Algorithm for Early Lyme Disease Diagnosis: Evaluation in US, Germany, and Italy
Author(s) -
Lorenzo Pradelli,
Matteo Pinciroli,
Hirad Houshmand,
Beatrice Grassi,
Fabrizio Bonelli,
Mariella Calleri,
Maurizio Ruscio
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinicoeconomics and outcomes research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.591
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1178-6981
DOI - 10.2147/ceor.s306391
Subject(s) - medicine , lyme disease , erythema migrans , lyme , cost effectiveness , disease , algorithm , borrelia burgdorferi , immunology , lyme borreliosis , risk analysis (engineering) , computer science , antibody
This Lyme disease early detection economic model, for patients with suspected Lyme disease without erythema migrans (EM), compares outcomes of standard two-tier testing (sTTT), modified two-tier testing (mTTT) and the DiaSorin Lyme Detection Algorithm (LDA), a combination of both serology tests and Interferon-ɤ Release Assay.