A cost-effectiveness analysis of novel stool processing methods for diagnosis of tuberculosis in children under 5 years of age in Uganda
For young children, stool testing at primary clinics, with or without referral to district hospitals, lowered costs in relation to lives saved compared to implementing at district hospitals alone or only clinical diagnosis using the treatment-decision algorithms.
Authors
- Manuela De Allegri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8677-1337)
- Adithya Cattamanchi
- Alfred Andama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-0007)
- Claudia Maria Denkinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7216-7067)
- Mary Gaeddert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6713-3495)
- Devan Jaganath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8555-5667)
- Moses Nsereko
- Hoa Thi Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9626-2934)
- Pamela Nabeta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-6191)
- Peter Wambi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9195-0778)
- Robert Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4025-0077)
- Mariam Nakabuye
- André Trollip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-3677)
- Ernest Aben
- Olivier Marcy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3350-112X)
- Eric Wobudeya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9574-5539)
- Abdulkadir Civan
Institutions
- FIND (CH)
- Université de Bordeaux (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Bordeaux Population Health (FR)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (FR)
- Makerere University (UG)
- University of San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-10-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13546-3
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00