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Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis evaluation and treatment of newly-arrived immigrants

BACKGROUND: Immigrants to the U.S. are required to undergo overseas screening for tuberculosis (TB), but the value of evaluation and treatment following entry to the U.S. is not well understood. We determined the cost-effectiveness of domestic follow-up of immigrants identified as tuberculosis suspe...

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Autores principales: Porco, Travis C, Lewis, Bryan, Marseille, Elliot, Grinsdale, Jennifer, Flood, Jennifer M, Royce, Sarah E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16784541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-157