Mass survey--Its future.
Experience with a fast-tempo case finding survey in Seattle confirms the opinion expressed with regard to other areas, that the tools now are at hand to eradicate tuberculosis in Seattle in a 20-year period. The most important single factor in controlling tuberculosis is segregation and treatment of patients with active cases - sanatorium care that is sufficient in quantity and quality. Aggressive use of community-wide, mass x-ray program constitutes the second largest factor in controlling tuberculosis and has its greatest application in cities of over 100,000 population. The cost of such a mass survey program is trifling when compared with the cost of an adequate hospitalization program. The Seattle experience indicates that the cost of a mass survey program amortized over a five-year period is only 2 per cent of the cost of one year of hospital care.
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D006801:Humans; D014376:Tuberculosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*