Cost-effectiveness of incorporating Ebola prediction score tools and rapid diagnostic tests into a screening algorithm: A decision analytic model.
Antoine Oloma TshombaDaniel Mukadi-BamulekaAnja De WeggheleireOlivier M TshianiCharles T KayembePlacide Mbala-KingebeniJean-Jacques Muyembe-TamfumSteve Ahuka-MundekeFaustin M ChengeBart Karl M JacobsDieudonné Mumba NgoyiDésiré D Tshala-KatumbaySabue MulanguPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Findings from this study showed that prediction scores and RDT could improve Ebola screening. The use of the ECPS as a conditional test algorithm and the dual ECPS as a conditional test and then the QuickNavi™-Ebola RDT algorithm are the best screening choices because they are more efficient and lower the number of confirmation tests and overall care costs during an EBOV epidemic.