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Did the 'Great Recession' produce a depression in tuberculosis incidence?

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Holland, DP; Person, AK; Stout, JE
Published in: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
May 2011

In 2009, the United States experienced a record drop in its tuberculosis (TB) case rate, coinciding with a major economic downturn. To investigate this relationship, we modeled short-term changes in gross domestic product, unemployment, and immigration as predictors of TB incidence. We also correlated each state's 2009-2010 change in unemployment with its 2008-2009 change in TB incidence. Although economic factors did not explain the decline, the 2009-2010 change in unemployment negatively correlated with incidence. We hypothesize that factors related to increased unemployment, such as diagnostic delay, may have played a role in the sudden drop in TB case rates.

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Int J Tuberc Lung Dis

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EISSN

1815-7920

Publication Date

May 2011

Volume

15

Issue

5

Start / End Page

700 / 702

Location

France

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Unemployment
  • Tuberculosis
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Microbiology
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • Gross Domestic Product
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Economic Recession
 

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Holland, D. P., Person, A. K., & Stout, J. E. (2011). Did the 'Great Recession' produce a depression in tuberculosis incidence? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, 15(5), 700–702. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.10.0480
Holland, D. P., A. K. Person, and J. E. Stout. “Did the 'Great Recession' produce a depression in tuberculosis incidence?Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 15, no. 5 (May 2011): 700–702. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.10.0480.
Holland DP, Person AK, Stout JE. Did the 'Great Recession' produce a depression in tuberculosis incidence? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 May;15(5):700–2.
Holland, D. P., et al. “Did the 'Great Recession' produce a depression in tuberculosis incidence?Int J Tuberc Lung Dis, vol. 15, no. 5, May 2011, pp. 700–02. Pubmed, doi:10.5588/ijtld.10.0480.
Holland DP, Person AK, Stout JE. Did the 'Great Recession' produce a depression in tuberculosis incidence? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011 May;15(5):700–702.

Published In

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis

DOI

EISSN

1815-7920

Publication Date

May 2011

Volume

15

Issue

5

Start / End Page

700 / 702

Location

France

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Unemployment
  • Tuberculosis
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Microbiology
  • Incidence
  • Humans
  • Gross Domestic Product
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Economic Recession