Economic Analyses of Respiratory Tract Infection Diagnostics: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diagnostic testing for respiratory tract infections is a tool to manage the current COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the rising incidence of antimicrobial resistance. At the same time, new European regulations for market entry of in vitro diagnostics, in the form of the in vitro diagnostic regulation, may lead to more clinical evidence supporting health-economic analyses.

Objective

The objective of this systematic review was to review the methods used in economic evaluations of applied diagnostic techniques, for all patients seeking care for infectious diseases of the respiratory tract (such as pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, influenza, sinusitis, pharyngitis, sore throats and general respiratory tract infections).

Methods

Following the Preferred Reporting

SUBMITTER: van der Pol S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8279883 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature