A Quasi-experimental Study on the Effect of Pre-entry Tuberculosis Screening for Immigrants on Treatment Outcomes in South Korea: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study ascertains the effects of the pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening policy, which was implemented as a strategy for managing TB among immigrants, on the treatment outcomes of immigrants in South Korea.

Methods

This study linked three different datasets from 2013 to 2018, namely (1) Korean National Tuberculosis Surveillance System; (2) National Health Information Database for patients diagnosed with TB with ICD code A15-A19, B90, or U84.3; and (3) Statistics Korea database related to cause of deaths. To identify the effect of the policy, cohorts comprising Korean and immigrant TB patients notified before (January 1, 2013-December 31, 2015) and after (September 1, 2016-December 31, 2018), the implementations of the policy were established. A difference-in-

SUBMITTER: Yu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11043236 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature