MODELLING THE IMPACT AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF BIOMARKER TESTS AS COMPARED WITH PATHOGEN-SPECIFIC DIAGNOSTICS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF UNDIFFERENTIATED FEVER IN REMOTE TROPICAL SETTINGS.

Modelling the Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Biomarker Tests as Compared with Pathogen-Specific Diagnostics in the Management of Undifferentiated Fever in Remote Tropical Settings.

BACKGROUND:Malaria accounts for a small fraction of febrile cases in increasingly large areas of the malaria endemic world.Point-of-care tests to improve the management of non-malarial fevers appropriate for primary care are few, consisting of either diagnostic tests for specific pathogens or testing for biomarkers of host response that indicate wh

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Income inequality, status consumption and status anxiety: An exploratory review of implications for sustainability and directions for future research

Income inequality has been associated with higher levels of status consumption with well-established harmful effects on health, wellbeing and economic stability.Research has suggested that status anxiety may be the mechanism that connects income inequality with status consumption, but the literature is disparate.In this interdisciplinary review, we

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