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Editorial
. 2008 Jan 26;336(7637):168-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39401.486655.80. Epub 2008 Jan 16.

Costs of treating malaria according to test results

Zeno Bisoffi, Jef Van den Ende
Editorial

Costs of treating malaria according to test results

Zeno Bisoffi et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Improving diagnostic tests can reduce costs but only if adherence to test results is also improved

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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