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- Title
Effect of applying a treatment threshold in a population. An example of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rwanda.
- Authors
Van den Ende, Jef; Mugabekazi, Julie; Moreira, Juan; Seryange, Eric; Basinga, Paulin; Bisoffi, Zeno; Menten, Joris; Boelaert, Marleen
- Abstract
Clinicians often think treatment thresholds should be adapted to the setting. We intended to explore the effect in terms of harm because of false negatives and true and false positives of the application of a treatment threshold for pulmonary tuberculosis from a patient's perspective at different prevalence levels in a developing country.
- Publication
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 3, p499
- ISSN
1365-2753
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01150.x