Interview content suggesting antecedents of successful testing and underuse of HIV testing was retrieved from the data by two separate analysts.
Data of 7792 tests were retrieved from 11 studies.
ER and PR results from the original tests were retrieved from the local pathology reports.
required as well as the proportion of patients undergoing each test were retrieved from the 3 local experts.
Data on rheumatoid factor (RF) tests were retrieved from the databases of the two clinical immunology laboratories in the area.
Data on rheumatoid factor (RF) tests were retrieved from the two clinical immunology laboratories in the area.
Information about the use of medicines and diagnostic tests was retrieved from the patient records, including the expenditure for medicines and diagnostic tests, fees and other expenditure.
A cytological screening (i.e., Papanicolaou smear test) was assumed and sensitivity for the detection of cervical abnormalities with this test was retrieved from a meta-analysis on this subject.
The total number of genes present in each species that was tested was retrieved from databases on 6 July 2015 for S. schenckii and on 8 May 2015 for all of the other species.
HIV test results were retrieved from the patients' records after obtaining informed consents.
