Is Scale-Up Worth It? Challenges in Economic Analysis of Diagnostic Tests for Tuberculosis
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David Dowdy and colleagues discuss the complexities of costing new TB diagnostic tests, including GeneXpert, and argue that flexible analytic tools are needed for decision-makers to adapt large-sample cost-effectiveness data to local conditions.
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