BLOOD DONORS AND BLOOD COLLECTION: Web interface–supported transmission risk assessment and cost‐effectiveness analysis of postdonation screening: a global model applied to Ghana, Thailand, and the Netherlands

Abstract

The young transfusion recipient population of Ghana in combination with a high risk of viral transmission yields better cost-effectiveness for additional tests. The advanced age of the transfused population of the Netherlands and a small risk of viral transmission gives poor cost-effectiveness for more sensitive screening techniques. It was demonstrated that a global health economic model combined with a Web interface can provide easy access to risk assessment and cost-effectiveness analysis.