Cost-effectiveness of Xpert®MTB/RIF in the diagnosis of tuberculosis: pragmatic study

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Suely Conceição Alves da Silva, Maria Claudia Vater, Daniela Maria de Paula Ramalho, Isabela Neves de Almeida, Silvana Spíndola de Miranda, Afrânio Kritski
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2021
• Subjects: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis; Cost-effectiveness; New diagnostics; Xpert MTB/RIF; Innovation; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Rif
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0755-2020; https://doaj.org/article/d6ef3f7a1a564c96a91f347c6e14b9ea

Abstract INTRODUCTION: The intensification of research and innovation with the creation of networks of rapid and effective molecular tests as strategies for the end of tuberculosis are essential to avoid late diagnosis and for the eradication of the disease. We aimed to evaluate the cost-effectivene...