Opportunity cost for early treatment of Chagas disease in Mexico.

• Main Authors: Janine M Ramsey (Author), Miguel Elizondo-Cano (Author), Gilberto Sanchez-González (Author), Adriana Peña-Nieves (Author), Alejandro Figueroa-Lara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Given current neglect for Chagas disease in public health programs in Mexico, future healthcare and economic development policies will need a more robust model to analyze costs and impacts of timely clinical attention of infected populations. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: A Markov deci...