Login / Signup

Cost-effectiveness analysis of adding tuberculosis household contact investigation on passive case-finding strategy in Southwestern Uganda.

Dickens OdongoBernard OmechAlfred Acanga
Published in: PloS one (2023)
Our baseline assumptions and the specific implementations of adding HCI to existing PCF programs in the context of rural African settings prove to be not cost-effective, rather than HCI as a strategy. HCI effectively identifies children and PLHIV with TB and should be prioritized. Meanwhile, the Passive case-finding strategy effectively finds men with TB and costs lower than household contact investigation.
Keyphrases
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • public health
  • south africa
  • emergency department
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • gene expression
  • hiv aids