Operational response to malaria epidemics: are rapid diagnostic tests cost‐effective?
Operational response to malaria epidemics: are rapid diagnostic tests cost‐effective?
E. Rolland,F. Checchi,3 Authors,P. Guérin
2006 · DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01580.x
Tropical medicine & international health · 73 Citations
TLDR
A comparison of the cost‐effectiveness of malaria treatment based on presumptive diagnosis with that based on rapid diagnostic tests shows that the former is more effective while the latter is less effective.