Comparison of active tuberculosis case finding strategies for immigrants in South Korea: Epidemiology and cost-effectiveness analysis

Sangwook Park; Chaegyu Sung; Hangseok Choi; Yeo Wool Lee; Yedham Kang; Hee-Jin Kim; Hae-Young Kim; In-Hwan Oh; Seung Heon Lee

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0283414

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Comparison of active tuberculosis case finding strategies for immigrants in South Korea: Epidemiology and cost-effectiveness analysis

Sangwook Park ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangwook Park, Chaegyu Sung

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Chaegyu Sung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangwook Park, Chaegyu Sung

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Hangseok Choi,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Medical Science Research Center, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, South Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-8160

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Yeo Wool Lee,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Yedham Kang,

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, South Korea
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Hee-Jin Kim,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Central Education Institution, KoreanNational Tuberculosis Association, Seoul, South Korea
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Hae-Young Kim,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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In-Hwan Oh,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Seung Heon Lee

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: lee-sh@korea.ac.kr

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, South Korea

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7180-3877

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Comparison of active tuberculosis case finding strategies for immigrants in South Korea: Epidemiology and cost-effectiveness analysis

Sangwook Park,
Chaegyu Sung,
Hangseok Choi,
Yeo Wool Lee,
Yedham Kang,
Hee-Jin Kim,
Hae-Young Kim,
In-Hwan Oh,
Seung Heon Lee

Published: April 20, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283414

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