Cost-effectiveness of screening compared to case-finding approaches to tuberculosis in long-term care facilities for the elderly.
Open Access
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 28 (3) , 563-570
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/28.3.563
Abstract
To determine if the more interventionist approach of screening with the tuberculin test and chemoprophylaxis for high-risk positive reactors to control tuberculosis in long-term care facilities is cost-effective when compared to the case-finding and treatment approach.Keywords
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