TY - JOUR
T1 - A cost-effectiveness analysis of a simple micromethod for hepatitis b screening in hepatitis b virus control programmes
AU - Lansang, Mary Ann
AU - Domingo, Ernesto
AU - Lingao, Augusto
AU - West, Sheila
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Financial support for this study was provided by the US National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council by means of a grant from the US Agency for International Development.
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PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Lansang M A (Liver Study Group, University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines), Domingo E, Lingao A and West S. A cost-effectiveness analysis of a simple micromethod for hepatitis B screening in hepatitis B virus control programmes. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18 (Suppl 2): S38-S43. We developed a simple micromethod for identifying mothers who are most likely to transmit hepatitis B infection to their infants, using reverse passive haemagglutination for detecting HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antigen) in capillary blood. This screening method was evaluated against other strategies for hepatitis B control by means of decision- and cost-effectiveness analyses. The micromethod was shown to be cost-effective when the cost of hepatitis B vaccine was high. However, with increasingly reduced costs of the vaccine, it may have a limited role in a programme of mass immunization for hepatitis B.
AB - Lansang M A (Liver Study Group, University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines), Domingo E, Lingao A and West S. A cost-effectiveness analysis of a simple micromethod for hepatitis B screening in hepatitis B virus control programmes. International Journal of Epidemiology 1989, 18 (Suppl 2): S38-S43. We developed a simple micromethod for identifying mothers who are most likely to transmit hepatitis B infection to their infants, using reverse passive haemagglutination for detecting HBsAg (hepatitis B surface antigen) in capillary blood. This screening method was evaluated against other strategies for hepatitis B control by means of decision- and cost-effectiveness analyses. The micromethod was shown to be cost-effective when the cost of hepatitis B vaccine was high. However, with increasingly reduced costs of the vaccine, it may have a limited role in a programme of mass immunization for hepatitis B.
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U2 - 10.1093/ije/18.Supplement_2.S38
DO - 10.1093/ije/18.Supplement_2.S38
M3 - Article
C2 - 2516014
AN - SCOPUS:0024828469
SN - 0300-5771
VL - 18
SP - S38-S43
JO - International journal of epidemiology
JF - International journal of epidemiology
ER -