The Cost-Effectiveness of Hepatitis C Virus Screening Strategies among Recently Arrived Migrants in the Netherlands
Objective: We aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening strategies among recently arrived migrants in the Netherlands. Methods: A Markov model was used to estimate the health effects and costs of HCV screening from the healthcare perspective. A cohort of 50,000 recently arrived migrants was used. In this cohort, three HCV screening strategies were evaluated: (i) no screening, (ii) screening of migrants from HCV-endemic countries and (iii) screening of all migrants. Results: Strategy (ii) screening of migrants from HCV-endemic countries compared to strategy (i)... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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Schlagwörter: | hepatitis C / screening / migrants / cost-effectiveness / budget impact |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29179530 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176091 |