Description of units engaged in new entrant screening
| Norway 1 | Norway 2 | Norway 3 | UK 1 | UK 2 | The Netherlands | Switzerland | |
| When established | 1996 | 1998 | Since the 1960s | 1992 | |||
| Where situated | Attached to the only transit camp | Hospital chest clinic | MHS | Hospital chest clinic | Hospital chest clinic | MHS | Refugee camp (registration centre at the border) |
| Purpose | Screening refugees | Screening for family reunions and for those missed in general processes | Screening for family reunions | High incidence of TB in new entrants | High incidence of TB in new entrants | Screening of new entrants from countries with high TB prevalence | Refugee national programme |
| Numbers invited per yr# | Practically identical to those attending | 1953 in 2002 | 126 | 3068 | 857 | NA | 15000–25000 |
| Attendees n·yr−1# | 15500 | 1553 in 2002 | 123 | 640 | 732 | Total visits to TB department in 2002: | All immigrants applying for |
| immigration 39000; | asylum | ||||||
| asylum seekers 9000; MHS 500; asylum seeker centres 850+ | |||||||
| Staff wte | Five centres, each with 3–6 nurses | ||||||
| Nursing | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5 | |
| Medical | 2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5 | |
| Other | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 13ƒ | |
| Estimated funding \#8364; | NA | NA | NA | 50000 | No additional dedicated funding§ for screening provided | NA (funding includes all costs) | NA |
| Staff per 1000 screened | NA | NA | NA | 1.9 | NA | NA | NA |
| Cost per person screened \#8364; | NA | NA | NA | 78 | NA | NA | 250 (including immunisation) |
| TB cases identified yr−1 | 27 in 2002 | NA | NA | 7 | 0.77 | 2002 TB cases in new immigrants 10 Active case finding 7## | 100 to 140 |
| 39 in 2003 | Incidence 185/<1?show=[sr]?>100000 (6/3239 new immigrants) | ||||||
| 23 in first 9 months of 2004 | |||||||
| Cost to treat one TB case \#8364; | NA | NA | NA | 5250 | NA | NA | NA |
| Potential savings¶ \#8364; | NA | NA | NA | 73500 | NA | NA | NA |
MHS: Municipal Health Service; TB: tuberculosis; NA: not available; wte: whole time equivalent. #: results refer to 2003 unless stated otherwise; ##: six were identified at first screening; +: with a mobile radiography unit; ƒ: for all activities including registration, contact investigation, etc.; ¶: assuming one patient identified by screening prevents three associated cases; §: dedicated funding; others are funded as part of an overall TB budget.