Tuberculosis control priorities defined by using cost-effectiveness and burden of disease / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
; (12): 172-176, 2002.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To define TB control priorities using cost-effectiveness and burden of disease.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>An assumed cohort of 2,000 cases was set up based on age-specific incidence of 794 newly registered smear-positive cases in Beijing in 1994. Prognostic trees and model diagrams of infectivity with natural history and DOTS intervention were constructed based on the epidemiological parameters.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>DOTS reduced 89.19% of YLL, 78.90% of YLD, and 99.98% of infectivity BOD. One DALY could be saved with 45.70 Yuan by DOTS with 3% discount. Sensitivity analysis showed that discount had effect on CER. Weight of age was insensitive to CER. The higher the DOTS cured rate, the more the cost-effectiveness.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>DOTS is a good cost-effectiveness TB control strategy. Cost-effectiveness and burden of disease can be used to define TB control priorities.</p>
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Assunto principal:
Tuberculose
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China
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Epidemiologia
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Estudos de Coortes
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Análise Custo-Benefício
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Efeitos Psicossociais da Doença
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Pessoas com Deficiência
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Anos de Vida Ajustados por Qualidade de Vida
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Economia
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Previsões
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Ano de publicação:
2002
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Article