Cost analysis of nucleic acid amplification for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis, within the context of the Brazilian Unified Health Care System

ABSTRACT We estimated the costs of a molecular test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and resistance to rifampin (Xpert MTB/RIF) and of smear microscopy, within the Brazilian Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS, Unified Health Care System). In SUS laboratories in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Manaus, we per...

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Main Authors: Márcia Pinto, Aline Piovezan Entringer, Ricardo Steffen, Anete Trajman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2015-12-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132015000600536&lng=en&tlng=en