Is scale-up worth it? Challenges in economic analysis of diagnostic tests for tuberculosis.

Authors :: Dowdy, David W.
Cattamanchi, Adithya
Steingart, Karen R.
Pai, Madhukar
Source :: PLoS Medicine. Jul2011, Vol. 8 Issue 7, p1-5. 5p. 2 Diagrams.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: David Dowdy and colleagues discuss the complexities of costing new TB diagnostic tests, including GeneXpert, and argue that flexible analytic tools are needed for decision-makers to adapt large-sample cost-effectiveness data to local conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *DIAGNOSTIC examinations
*TUBERCULOSIS diagnosis
*MEDICAL care costs
*COST effectiveness
*DECISION making

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