Screening for human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus among blood donors in Sweden: cost effectiveness analysis

Abstract Objective: To analyse the cost effectiveness of a national programme to screen blood donors for infection with the human T cell leukaemia/lymphoma virus. Design: Three models for calculating the costs and benefits of screening were developed. The first model analysed the cost of continuousl...

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Published in:	BMJ Vol. 316; no. 7142; pp. 1417 - 1422
Main Authors:	Tynell, Elsa, Andersson, Soren, Lithander, Eva, Arneborn, Malin, Blomberg, Jonas, Hansson, Hans Bertil, Krook, Aud, Nomberg, Mats, Ramstedt, Kristina, Shanwell, Agneta, Bjorkman, Anders
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 09-05-1998 British Medical Association BMJ Publishing Group LTD British Medical Journal
Subjects:	Adult Blood Blood donation Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data Blood transfusion Blood Transfusion - economics Blotting, Western - economics Cost effectiveness analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis Disease transmission Donor selection Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - economics Humans Incidence Infections Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell - economics Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell - epidemiology Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell - prevention & control Mass Screening - economics Mass Screening - methods Medicin och hälsovetenskap Models, Economic Prevalence Program Evaluation Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Screening tests Sweden - epidemiology T lymphocytes Transfusion Reaction Viruses
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