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Cost minimization analysis of line probe assay for detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Arkhangelsk region of Russian Federation.

Elena BogdanovaA O MariandyshevG A BalantcevP I EliseevE I NikishovaA I GaidaD EnarsonA DetjenR DacombeP P J PhillipsS B SquireE Gospodarevskaya
Published in: PloS one (2019)
From the perspective of Russian Federation healthcare system, TB diagnostic algorithms incorporating LPA method proved to be both more clinically effective and less expensive due to reduction in the number of hospital days to the correct MDR-TB diagnosis and treatment initiation. LPA diagnostics comparing conventional culture diagnostic algorithm MDR-TB was a cost minimizing strategy for both patients and healthcare system.
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