| Title |
The Impact and Cost of Scaling up GeneXpert MTB/RIF in South Africa
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0036966 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gesine Meyer-Rath, Kathryn Schnippel, Lawrence Long, William MacLeod, Ian Sanne, Wendy Stevens, Sagie Pillay, Yogan Pillay, Sydney Rosen |
| Abstract |
We estimated the incremental cost and impact on diagnosis and treatment uptake of national rollout of Xpert MTB/RIF technology (Xpert) for the diagnosis of pulmonary TB above the cost of current guidelines for the years 2011 to 2016 in South Africa. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 333 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| South Africa | 4 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 323 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 67 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 56 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 16% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 6% |
| Other | 53 | 16% |
| Unknown | 60 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 124 | 37% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 13 | 4% |
| Other | 62 | 19% |
| Unknown | 78 | 23% |