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Active screening for tuberculosis in high-incidence Inuit communities in Canada: a cost-effectiveness analysis
Aashna Uppal, Ntwali Placide Nsengiyumva, Céline Signor, Frantz Jean-Louis, Marie Rochette, Hilda Snowball, Sandra Etok, David Annanack, Julie Ikey, Faiz Ahmad Khan and Kevin Schwartzman
CMAJ November 01, 2021 193 (43) E1652-E1659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210447
Aashna Uppal
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
MScPHNtwali Placide Nsengiyumva
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
MScCéline Signor
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
MScFrantz Jean-Louis
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
MPHMarie Rochette
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
MD MScHilda Snowball
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
Sandra Etok
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
David Annanack
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
Julie Ikey
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
Faiz Ahmad Khan
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
MD MPHKevin Schwartzman
Montreal Chest Institute (Uppal, Khan, Schwartzman); Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre; McGill International Tuberculosis Centre (Uppal, Nsengiyumva, Khan, Schwartzman), Montréal, Que.; Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux du Nunavik (Signor, Jean-Louis, Rochette); Kativik Regional Government (Snowball); Ulluriaq School (Etok), Kangiqsualujjuaq; Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Annanack); Salluit Birth Center, Salluit (Ikey), Québec, Que.
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Active screening for tuberculosis in high-incidence Inuit communities in Canada: a cost-effectiveness analysis
Aashna Uppal, Ntwali Placide Nsengiyumva, Céline Signor, Frantz Jean-Louis, Marie Rochette, Hilda Snowball, Sandra Etok, David Annanack, Julie Ikey, Faiz Ahmad Khan, Kevin Schwartzman
CMAJ Nov 2021, 193 (43) E1652-E1659; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210447
Active screening for tuberculosis in high-incidence Inuit communities in Canada: a cost-effectiveness analysis
Aashna Uppal, Ntwali Placide Nsengiyumva, Céline Signor, Frantz Jean-Louis, Marie Rochette, Hilda Snowball, Sandra Etok, David Annanack, Julie Ikey, Faiz Ahmad Khan, Kevin Schwartzman
CMAJ Nov 2021, 193 (43) E1652-E1659; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210447