Browsing by Author "Andrews, Jason Randolph"
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Comparative Performance of Private and Public Healthcare Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Basu, Sanjay; Andrews, Jason Randolph; Kishore, Sandeep; Panjabi, Rajesh Ramesh; Stuckler, David (Public Library of Science, 2012)Introduction: Private sector healthcare delivery in low- and middle-income countries is sometimes argued to be more efficient, accountable, and sustainable than public sector delivery. Conversely, the public sector is often ... -
Complexity in Mathematical Models of Public Health Policies: A Guide for Consumers of Models
Basu, Sanjay; Andrews, Jason (Public Library of Science, 2013)Sanjay Basu and colleagues explain how models are increasingly used to inform public health policy yet readers may struggle to evaluate the quality of models. All models require simplifying assumptions, and there are ... -
Diagnosis of Influenza from Lower Respiratory Tract Sampling after Negative Upper Respiratory Tract Sampling
Bogoch, Isaac; Andrews, Jason Randolph; Zachary, Kimon C.; Hohmann, Elizabeth Louise (Landes Bioscience, 2013)In this retrospective cohort study, we demonstrate that PCR-confirmed diagnoses of influenza were made solely by lower respiratory sampling in 6.9% of cases, as traditional upper respiratory tract tests were negative, ... -
Evaluation of an Electricity-free, Culture-based Approach for Detecting Typhoidal Salmonella Bacteremia during Enteric Fever in a High Burden, Resource-limited Setting
Andrews, Jason R.; Prajapati, Krishna G.; Eypper, Elizabeth; Shrestha, Poojan; Shakya, Mila; Pathak, Kamal R.; Joshi, Niva; Tiwari, Priyanka; Risal, Manisha; Koirala, Samir; Karkey, Abhilasha; Dongol, Sabina; Wen, Shawn; Smith, Amy B.; Maru, Duncan; Basnyat, Buddha; Baker, Stephen; Farrar, Jeremy; Ryan, Edward T.; Hohmann, Elizabeth; Arjyal, Amit (Public Library of Science, 2013)Background: In many rural areas at risk for enteric fever, there are few data on Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi (S. Typhi) and Paratyphi (S. Paratyphi) incidence, due to limited laboratory capacity for microbiologic ...