Estimated Health and Economic Outcomes of Racial and Ethnic Tuberculosis Disparities in US-Born Persons.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite significant progress made toward tuberculosis (TB) elimination, racial and ethnic disparities persist in TB incidence and case-fatality rates in the US.

Objective

To estimate the health outcomes and economic cost of TB disparities among US-born persons from 2023 to 2035.

Design, setting, and participants

Generalized additive regression models projecting trends in TB incidence and case-fatality rates from 2023 to 2035 were fit based on national TB surveillance data for 2010 to 2019 in the 50 US states and the District of Columbia among US-born persons. This baseline scenario was compared with alternative scenarios in which racial and ethnic disparities in age- and sex-adjusted incidence and case-fatality rates were eliminated by setting rates for eac

SUBMITTER: Swartwood NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11388029 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature