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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Economic Evaluation of Community Tuberculosis Active Case-Finding Approaches in Cambodia: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Kiesha Prem, Yi Wang, Tripti Pande, Marina Smelyanskaya, Lisanne Gerstel, Monyrath Chry, Sovannary Tuot, Siyan Yi

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 7 countries.

Alvin Kuo Jing TeoSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-0569-3518
Kiesha PremSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore.
Yi WangSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore.
Tripti PandeMcGill International TB Centre, Montreal, QC H4A 3S5, Canada.
Marina SmelyanskayaStop TB Partnership, 1218 Geneva, Switzerland.
Lisanne GerstelKIT Royal Tropical Institute, 1092 AD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Monyrath ChryCambodia Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Phnom Penh 12303, Cambodia.
Sovannary TuotKHANA Centre for Population Health Research, Phnom Penh 12301, Cambodia.
Siyan YiSaw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore 117549, Singapore.
National University of Singapore · SGMcGill University Health Centre · CARoyal Tropical Institute · NLThe University of Tokyo · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to estimate the costs and incremental cost-effectiveness of two community-based tuberculosis (TB) active case-finding (ACF) strategies in Cambodia. We also assessed the number needed to screen and test to find one TB case. Program and national TB notification data from a quasi-experimental study of a cohort of people with TB in 12 intervention operational districts (ODs) and 12 control ODs between November 2018 and December 2019 were analyzed. Two ACF interventions (ACF seed-and-recruit (ACF SAR) model and one-off roving (one-off) ACF) were implemented concurrently. The matched control sites included PCF only. We estimated costs using the program and published data in Cambodia. The primary outcome was disability-adjusted life years (DALY) averted over 14 months. We considered the gross domestic product per capita of Cambodia in 2018 as the cost-effectiveness threshold. ACF SAR needed to test 7.7 people with presumptive TB to identify one all-forms TB, while one-off ACF needed to test 22.4. The costs to diagnose one all-forms TB were USD 458 (ACF SAR) and USD 191 (one-off ACF). The incremental cost per DALY averted was USD 257 for ACF SAR and USD 204 for one-off ACF. Community-based ACF interventions that targeted key populations for TB in Cambodia were highly cost-effective.

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Disability-Adjusted Life YearsTuberculosisCambodiaCost-Benefit AnalysisHumansMass Screeningactive case findingCambodiacost-effectivenessdisability-adjusted life yearspassive case findingtuberculosis

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PMID34886416
PMCPMC8656683
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