Open AccessEconomic evaluation of implementing a rapid point-of-care screening test for the identification of hepatitis C virus under National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme in Tamil Nadu, South India
Author(s) -
Malaisamy Muniyandi,
Karikalan Nagarajan,
Kirti Tyagi,
Malkeet Singh,
Venkatesan Prakash,
S. Senthilkumar,
S. Karthikeyan,
K. Rajendran,
Kavitha Rajsekar,
Shanmugam Vivekanandan,
T. S. Selvavinayagam
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_394_20
Subject(s) - medicine , economic evaluation , population , tamil , cost effectiveness , quality adjusted life year , hepatitis c virus , health care , environmental health , virology , risk analysis (engineering) , economic growth , pathology , virus , linguistics , philosophy , economics
Viral hepatitis is a crucial public health problem in India. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination is a national priority and a key strategy has been adopted to strengthen the HCV diagnostics services to ensure early and accurate diagnosis.