Rational design of an essential diagnostics network to support Universal Health Coverage: a modeling analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diagnostic investigations, including pathology and laboratory medicine (PALM) and radiology, have been largely absent from international strategies such as the Sustainable Development Goals. Further, there is little international guidance on which health system tiers different diagnostics should be placed, a critical step in developing a country-level diagnostics network. We describe a modeling strategy to produce tier-specific diagnostic recommendations based on disease burden, current treatment pathways, and existing infrastructure in a country.

Methods

The relational model assumes that diagnostics should be available at the lowest tier where patients might receive medical management. Using Ghana as an exemplar, the 20 diseases forecasted by 2030 and 2040 to cau

SUBMITTER: Schroeder LF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9526922 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature