Economics of United States tuberculosis airline contact investigation policies: A return on investment analysis
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Economics of United States tuberculosis airline contact investigation policies: A return on investment analysis

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    • Alternative Title:
      Travel Med Infect Dis
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      Background

      In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention modified its 2008 protocol for flight-related tuberculosis contact investigation initiation. The 2011 Modified protocol was implemented and replaced the 2008 CDC protocol based on comparative epidemiologic and economic analyses; this publication reports the economic analysis results.

      Methods

      A return on investment model compared relative changes in tuberculosis disease treatment costs resulting from expenditures on tuberculosis contact investigations and latent tuberculosis infection treatment for the 2008 CDC and Modified protocols.

      Results

      At moderate/high rates of latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease, positive returns on investment indicated each $1.00 spent on tuberculosis contact investigations and latent tuberculosis treatment resulted in more than $1.00 of savings from reduced tuberculosis disease treatment costs. Low rates of latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease resulted in negative returns on investment, indicating economic losses from tuberculosis disease treatment costs. There were smaller economic losses at low latent tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease rates with the Modified protocol in comparison to the 2008 CDC protocol, while both identified comparable numbers of persons at risk for tuberculosis.

      Conclusion

      The Modified protocol for conducting flight-related tuberculosis contact investigations represents a better use of resources and protects public health.

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      Travel Med Infect Dis. 12(1):63-71.
    • Pubmed ID:
      24262643
    • Pubmed Central ID:
      PMC5451105
    • Document Type:
      Journal Article
    • Funding:
      CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
    • Place as Subject:
      United States
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