casefinding

(kās″fīnd′ĭng)

An active attempt to identify persons who have a certain disease.

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Active TB screening and casefinding programmes for pregnant women are an important way to improve maternal/infant health and survival in TB-endemic settings.

Tuberculosis transmission in a hospitalised neonate: Need for optimised tuberculosis screening of pregnant and postpartum women

And despite the current procurement model having delivered substantial savings to the NHS, these savings have not always led to increases in casefinding and treatment numbers.

We're aiming to wipe out hepatitis C; DEADLY VIRUS BATTLE

The truth is that Improve NCP and PCP there's no training on the systematic comprehensive casefinding, with approach to Chagas testing ...

Strategy to improve access to etiological treatment of Chagas disease at the first level of care in Argentina/Estrateaia para mejorar el acceso al tratamiento etiologico para la enfermedad de Chagas en el primer nivel de atencion en Argentina una

Blomquist, "Tuberculosis casefinding, 1961," Public Health Reports, vol.

Risk factors for tuberculosis

The objectives of the investigation were to conduct casefinding and review health histories of infected persons, to determine the source of transmission and implement control measures, to identify other patients at risk for exposure, and to assist in development of recommendations to prevent HCV transmission in health-care settings.

Acute hepatitis C virus infections attributed to unsafe injection practices at an endoscopy clinic--Nevada, 2007

"Profile of Medicare Beneficiaries with AIDS: Application of AIDS Casefinding Algorithm." Health Care Financing Review 19 (3): 19-38.

Antiretroviral therapy and health care utilization: a study of privately insured men and women with HIV disease

Comparison of three casefinding strategies relative to elderly alcohol abusers.

Motivational strategies with alcohol-involved older adults: implications for social work practice

SAN DIEGO -- Consider the site of use when selecting brief casefinding instruments for late-life depression, Cynthia Gruman, Ph.D., advised in a poster session at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.

Late-life depression: consider setting when choosing screening scales

The Partners in Asthma Management Study, a comprehensive school health promotion intervention, includes four components: casefinding, medical care liaison, self-management training, and environmental control.

Environmental allergens and irritants in schools: a focus on asthma. (Research Papers)

Casefinding also acts as an impetus for screening pregnant exposed women.

Human parvovirus B19: flushed in face through healthy (fifth disease and more)

The article discusses the AIDS epidemic and Medicare eligibility rules in relation to AIDS, describes the casefinding process and the evidence supporting its potential accuracy, and presents our findings from applying this casefinding process to a 100-percent sample of Medicare beneficiaries from 1991-93.

Profile of Medicare Beneficiaries With AIDS: Application of an AIDS Casefinding Algorithm

Gostin et al., The Case Against Compulsory Casefinding in Controlling AIDS--Testing, Screening and Reporting, 12 Am.