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 Mulangu

Published 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.

Keyphrases

machine learning
deep learning
healthcare
palliative care
neural network
quality improvement
decision making
quantum dots
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