Efficiency evaluation of regular mass screening aimed at tuberculosis detection
https://doi.org/10.21292/2075-1230-2016-94-4-13-19
Abstract
For the last 15 years the incidence of tuberculosis decreased 1.5 fold in Russia and in 2014 it made 59.5 per 100,000 population. And for the last 5 years the part of the population covered by regular mass screening increased by 1.1 fold and achieved 67.7% in 2014. On the contrary the number of tuberculosis patients detected during the same period decreased 1.3 fold and in 2014 it made 0.044% out of the total number of those screened. This situation provides evidence that given tuberculosis incidence decreasing every year, screening is ineffective from economic point of view since the costs of one TB case detection multiply increase.
About the Authors
E. B. Tsybikova
Central Research Institute for Public Health Organization and Informatization
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Leading Researcher of Public Health Statistic Analysis Department, Deputy Head of Department for Medical Workers Labor Norms.,
11, Dobrolyubova St., Moscow, 127254
N. A. Zubova
Republican TB Dispensary
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Deputy Chief Doctor for Reporting and Recording, Chief TB Doctor of Ministry of Health of Mordovia Republic,
34, Ulyanova St., Saransk, Mordovia Republic, 430032
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Tsybikova E.B., Zubova N.A. Efficiency evaluation of regular mass screening aimed at tuberculosis detection. Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases. 2016;94(4):13-19. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21292/2075-1230-2016-94-4-13-19
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