G R Beeler Asay, R Woodruff, D M Sanderson, C F Fisher, S M Marks, V D Green, A M Tibbs, A N Hill, H H Haptu, D McManus, R K Paradise, C Auguste-Nelson, J J Cochran
BACKGROUND: Between October 2016 and March 2019, Lynn Community Health Center in Massachusetts implemented a targeted latent TB infection testing and treatment (TTT) program, increasing testing from a baseline of 1,200 patients tested to an average of 3,531 patients tested, or 9% of the population per year. METHODS: We compared pre-implementation TTT, represented by the first two quarters of implementation data, to TTT, represented by 12 quarters of data. Time, diagnostic, and laboratory resources were estimated using micro-costing...
January 1, 2024: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease