Economic impact of extending reflexed cryptococcal antigenaemia CD4 threshold in South Africa

• Autors principals: Naseem Cassim (Autor), Lindi-Marie Coetzee (Autor), Manuel P. da Silva (Autor), Deborah K. Glencross (Autor), Wendy S. Stevens (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: AOSIS, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Background: Reflexed cryptococcal antigenaemia (CrAg) testing has been offered since 2016 in South Africa, on remnant CD4 specimens, for people with a count 100 cells/μL. Local guidelines recommended extending testing to 200 cells/μL. Objectives: This study assessed the cost per result and annual eq...