Cost-effectiveness of latent tuberculosis infection screening using interferon-gamma release assays among migrants to Japan: a Markov modelling study incorporating social vulnerability and access barriers
Akiko Kowada · 2026
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Description
Akiko Kowada weighed the cost of TB screening for migrants to Japan in a 2026 modeling study. Many new arrivals carry a quiet, latent form of tuberculosis that can wake years later. A blood test can spot the latent form, but health budgets must judge whether wide screening pays off.
Kowada built a Markov model that follows a made-up group of 30-year-old migrants from six high-burden lands over a full lifetime. The view is that of the public health payer. Unusually, the model also folds in social weakness and blocks to care that migrants face. Such facts can flip a cost verdict, so the study aims for policy that fits real lives.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Akiko Kowada |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |