Does tuberculosis screening improve individual outcomes? A systematic review

Does tuberculosis screening improve individual outcomes? A systematic review

Background: To determine if tuberculosis (TB) screening improves patient outcomes, we conducted two systematic reviews to investigate the effect of TB screening on diagnosis, treatment outcomes, deaths (clinical review assessing 23 outcome indicators); and patient costs (economic review). Methods: P...

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Main Authors: L Telisinghe, M Ruperez, M Amofa-Sekyi, L Mwenge, T Mainga, R Kumar, M Hassan, L.H Chaisson, F Naufal, A.E Shapiro, J.E Golub, C Miller, E.L Corbett, R.M Burke, P MacPherson, R.J Hayes, V Bond, C Daneshvar, E Klinkenberg, H.M Ayles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Screening
Active case-finding
Enhanced case-finding
Individual effects
Disease severity
Treatment outcomes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537021004077

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