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Cost-effectiveness of using the Cervex-Brush (broom) compared to the elongated spatula for collection of conventional cervical cytology samples within a high-burden HIV setting: a model-based analysis

BACKGROUND: From 2010 to 2014, approximately 2 million Pap smears from HIV-infected women were submitted to the South African National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) through the national cervical cancer screening programme. The objective of this analysis was to determine whether using the plastic...

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Autores principales: Schnippel, Kathryn, Michelow, Pamela, Chibwesha, Carla J., Makura, Caroline, Lince-Deroche, Naomi, Goeieman, Bridgette, Mulongo, Masangu, Jordaan, Suzette, Firnhaber, Cynthia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26545585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1163-y