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Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Research

Cost-effectiveness of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening before Immigration to Low-Incidence Countries

Jonathon R. Campbell, James C. Johnston, Victoria J. Cook, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, R. Kevin Elwood, and Fawziah MarraComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (J.R. Campbell, J.C. Johnston, V.J. Cook, M. Sadatsafavi, R.K. Elwood, F. Marra); British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver (J.C. Johnston, V.J. Cook, R.K. Elwood)

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Cost-effectiveness acceptability curves of the base case of no intervention compared with intervention strategies in evaluation of screening and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants. The graphs demonstrate the probability an option is more cost-effective at various willingness-to-pay thresholds per quality adjusted life year gained. A) Comparison of the base case with the intervention strategy of preimmigration SEQ screening coupled with postarrival RIF treatment among migran

Figure 2. Cost-effectiveness acceptability curves of the base case of no intervention compared with intervention strategies in evaluation of screening and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants. The graphs demonstrate the probability an option is more cost-effective at various willingness-to-pay thresholds per quality adjusted life year gained. A) Comparison of the base case with the intervention strategy of preimmigration SEQ screening coupled with postarrival RIF treatment among migrants from low-incidence countries. B) Comparison of the base case with the intervention strategy of preimmigration IGRA screening coupled with postarrival rifampin treatment among migrants from moderate-incidence countries. C) Comparison of the base case with the intervention strategy of preimmigration IGRA screening coupled with postarrival RIF treatment among migrants from high-incidence countries. D) Comparison of the base case with the intervention strategy of preimmigration IGRA screening coupled with postarrival RIF treatment among migrants from very high–incidence countries. IGRA, interferon-gamma release assay; RIF, rifampin; SEQ, sequential.

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