Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of combination therapy

• Prif Awduron: Samuel Shillcutt (Awdur), Chantal Morel (Awdur), Catherine Goodman (Awdur), Paul Coleman (Awdur), David Bell (Awdur), Christopher JM Whitty (Awdur), A Mills (Awdur)
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• Cyhoeddwyd: The World Health Organization, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relative cost-effectiveness in different sub-Saharan African settings of presumptive treatment, field-standard microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to diagnose malaria. METHODS: We used a decision tree model and probabilistic sensitivity analysis applied to outpati...