BACKGROUND: Despite a scarcity of tuberculosis (TB) cost data, a substantial body of evidence has been accumulating for drug-susceptible TB (DS-TB) treatment. In this study, we review unit costs for DS-TB treatment from a provider's perspective. We also examine factors driving cost ...
Emphasis throughout is placed on the importance of health systems and the costs for patients accessing treatment. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in economic aspects of tuberculosis control. 展开 年份: 2009 收藏 引用 批量引用 报错 分享 ...
Poverty is both a cause and consequence of tuberculosis. The objective of this study is to quantify patient/household costs for an episode of tuberculosis (TB), its relationships with household impoverishment, and the strategies used to cope with the costs by TB patients in a resource-limited hi...
Although in developing countries the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) cases is among the most cost-effective health interventions, few studies have evaluated the cost-effectiveness of TB control in low-prevalence countries. The aim of the present study was to carry out an economic analysis in Italy...
Cost-effectiveness of incorporating bedaquiline into a treatment regimen for MDR/XDR-TB in Germany Cost-effectiveness of incorporating bedaquiline into a treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Germany. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: 1826-29.Wolfson, L.J., J. Gib...
The National Tuberculosis Programmes in Egypt and Syria. To calculate the costs and effectiveness of alternative ways of implementing TB control in Egypt and Syria, in order to illustrate the factors influencing the cost-effectiveness of TB treatment in middle-income countries. We compared the costs...
rural communes in the health district of Mayahi in Niger, showed that including community health workers (CHWs) in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) resulted in a better recovery rate (77.2% vs. 72.1%) compared with the standard treatment provided solely at the health centers. ...
tuberculosis was the tuberculin skin test (TST). The QFT-G is an ex vivo assay that measures the release of interferon {IFN-?) in whole blood in ... MG Villarino - 《Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology》 被引量: 10发表: 2006年 Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Interferon-gam...
To assess the cost-effectiveness of the new QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-G) [Cellestis; Carnegie, VIC, Australia] assay for screening and treating of persons who have had close contact with tuberculosis (TB) patients and are suspected of having latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) [herea...
Compares and evaluates the cost effectiveness of directly observed treatment (DOT) and conventionally delivered treatment for tuberculosis. Assessment of average and marginal costs of treatment; Estimation of the best and worst scenario for the likely effectiveness of the conventional strategy; Calculation ...