Evaluating Frequency, Diagnostic Quality, and Cost of Lyme Borreliosis Testing in Germany : A Retrospective Model Analysis

Background. Data on the economic impact of Lyme borreliosis (LB) on European health care systems is scarce. This project focused on the epidemiology and costs for laboratory testing in LB patients in Germany. Materials and Methods. We performed a sentinel analysis of epidemiological and medicoeconom...

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Published in:	Clinical & developmental immunology Vol. 2012; no. 2012; pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors:	Freitag, M. H., Müller, I., Poggensee, G., Scharnetzky, E., Straube, E., Schoerner, Ch, Hlobil, H., Hagedorn, H.-J., Stanek, Gerold, Schubert-Unkmeir, A., Norris, D. E., Gensichen, J., Hunfeld, Klaus P.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01.01.2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation Wiley
Subjects:	Borrelia - immunology Clinical Laboratory Techniques - economics Clinical Laboratory Techniques - standards Germany - epidemiology Health Care Costs Humans Incidence Insurance, Health - economics Lyme Disease - diagnosis Lyme Disease - economics Lyme Disease - epidemiology Models, Statistical Outpatients Prevalence Reagent Kits, Diagnostic - standards Reproducibility of Results Retrospective Studies Sensitivity and Specificity Germany
ISSN:	1740-2522, 1740-2530, 1740-2530
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