Overseas Parameters in Cost-Effectiveness Model Comparing Programs for Screening and Treating TB in Foreign-Born Student Visa-Applicants.

NA = Not applicable because no cases were detected in German students; TB = Tuberculosis
A-Suspected TB includes those with abnormal chest radiograph, signs and symptoms of TB, or known HIV infection, and these persons undergo three sputum smears and cultures;
B-Reflects the proportion seen in the low incidence countries of France and Canada;
C-Calculated by multiplying number in cohort times % suspected TB times % active disease among those with suspected TB;
D-Based upon data submitted by panel physicians in China;
E-Initial TB screening consists of chest radiograph and part of physical examination;
F-costs not available for German students because the modeled results indicate that no cases would be detected in German students
Overseas Parameters in Cost-Effectiveness Model Comparing Programs for Screening and Treating TB in Foreign-Born Student Visa-Applicants.