Comparing Decisions for Malaria Testing and Presumptive Treatment: A Net Health Benefit Analysis

Conclusions. A threshold transmission rate exists under which malaria testing confers more health and financial benefits to patients than presumptive treatment. Studying local transmission rates and testing and treatment costs may facilitate an approach to align the interests of individual patients, public health officials, and distributors of tests and therapies.

http://mdm.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/34/8/996?rss=1

Source: Medical Decision Making - October 17, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Basu, S., Modrek, S., Bendavid, E. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research