The health system and population health implications of large-scale diabetes screening in India: a microsimulation model of alternative approaches.
BACKGROUND:Like a growing number of rapidly developing countries, India has begun to develop a system for large-scale community-based screening for diabetes. We sought to identify the implications of using alternative screening instruments to detect people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes among dive...
Main Authors: | Sanjay Basu, Christopher Millett, Sandeep Vijan, Rodney A Hayward, Sanjay Kinra, Rahoul Ahuja, John S Yudkin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-05-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4437977?pdf=render |
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