Cost-Effectiveness of Annual Screening for Tuberculosis among Italian Healthcare Workers

A Retrospective Study

Bibliographic Data

ID15465265
AuthorsLuca Coppeta (0000-0003-2470-6107, University of Rome Tor Vergata, corresponding author), Giuseppina Somma (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Savino Baldi (0000-0003-0823-1420, University of Rome Tor Vergata), Elisabetta Tursi (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Iacopo D’Alessandro (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Andrea Torrente (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Stefano Perrone (University of Rome Tor Vergata), Antonio Pietroiusti (0000-0002-4056-1801, University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue5
Pages1697-1697
Publication date2020-03-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17051697
PMID32150923
OpenAlexW3010238373
LanguageEN
References cited17

The risk of TB conversion among our study population was extremely low and it was related to the risk classification of the setting. Giving these results, the annual tuberculosis screening appeared to not be cost effective. We conclude that a targeted screening would be a better alternative in HCWs with a higher risk of TB exposure

Cost effectiveness · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Pathology · Population · Retrospective cohort study · Seroconversion · Tuberculosis · Medicine · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Emergency Medicine · Surgery

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