Miniature Chest Radiograph Screening for Tuberculosis in Jails -A Cost-effectiveness Anslysis

摘要

Jails are an important reservoir of tuberculosis infection in the United States. Screening for active disease in these high-risk set- Tings is difficult. We used decision analysis to assess the cost effec- Tiveness of routine miniature chest radiography for screening for tuberculosis on admission to jail. Infection rates, probabilities, and Costs associated with detecting and treating tuberculosis were de- Rived from published studies. We calculated an average total cost Of $6.60 per inmate for routine radiograph screening on admis- Sion to jail.