Efficiency evaluation of regular mass screening aimed at tuberculosis detection

• Main Authors: E. B. Tsybikova, N. A. Zubova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: NEW TERRA Publishing House 2016-04-01
• Series: Tuberkulez i Bolezni Lëgkih
• Subjects: tuberculosis; screening; fluorography; detection
• Online Access: https://www.tibl-journal.com/jour/article/view/874

For the last 15 years the incidence of tuberculosis decreased 1.5 fold in Russia and in 2014 it made 59.5 per 100,000 population. And for the last 5 years the part of the population covered by regular mass screening increased by 1.1 fold and achieved 67.7% in 2014. On the contrary the number of tuberculosis patients detected during the same period decreased 1.3 fold and in 2014 it made 0.044% out of the total number of those screened. This situation provides evidence that given tuberculosis incidence decreasing every year, screening is ineffective from economic point of view since the costs of one TB case detection multiply increase.