Picking the low-hanging fruit: the cost-effectiveness of opportunistic diabetes screening during tuberculosis contact investigations on the Texas–Mexico border
In the base case analysis, screening was very cost-effective given that none of the sensitivity analyses resulted in a cost-effectiveness ratio above $50 000 per QALY. Our results indicate that the expansion of diabetes screening in TB clinics is a cost-effective strategy to improve health outcomes.
Authors
- Juan Carlos López-Alvarenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0966-8766)
- Blanca I. Restrepo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3743-9098)
- Robert A McGowan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9305-4910)
- H. Shelton Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-3432)
Institutions
- Colorado School of Public Health (US)
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (US)
- Brownsville Public Library (US)
- Texas Diabetes Institute (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Public Health
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001189
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases