Cost analysis of tuberculin skin test and the QuantiFERON | 合法醫療器材資訊網

由AENijhawan著作·2016·被引用14次—CostpertestforLTBIscreeningusingTSTwas$18.70andusingQFT-GITwas$41.97or$23.27moreperinmatewhenscreeningwithQFT-GITversus ...

In this study comparing TST with QFT-GIT testing for latent tuberculosis in a large urban county jail, we found an unexpectedly high positivity rate of QFT-GIT, 13.4 %, compared to a unexpectedly low TST positivity rate of 2.6 %. We also found that performing a blood draw for TB testing was acceptable (92 % agreed to testing), was more time efficient (took 18 fewer minutes of overall time), had lower labor costs (4 fold less) and provided a test result for more inmates (493 v. 373). Our cost analysis, which incorporates test positivity as determined by the study, local DCJ data, and time-in-motion results, found that overall the QFT-GIT costs $ 23.27 more per test completed than the TST. However, the cost per LTBI case detected was 2.7 times more using the TST compared to the QFT-GIT method.

Although it is difficult to define the true prevalence of LTBI in this high-risk population due to...