A Low-Cost Partner Notification Strategy for the Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Case Study From Louisiana
| العنوان: | A Low-Cost Partner Notification Strategy for the Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Case Study From Louisiana |
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| المؤلفون: | DeAnn Gruber, M. Mahmud Khan, Mohammad Masudur Rahman |
| المصدر: | American Journal of Public Health. 105:1675-1680 |
| بيانات النشر: | American Public Health Association, 2015. |
| سنة النشر: | 2015 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Research and Practice, Cost-Benefit Analysis, education, Control (management), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), urologic and male genital diseases, Iopanoic Acid, medicine.disease_cause, Health outcomes, Gross domestic product, Gonorrhea, Environmental health, Per capita, medicine, Humans, health care economics and organizations, business.industry, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, virus diseases, Health Care Costs, Chlamydia Infections, Louisiana, Partner notification, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, Organizational Case Studies, Contact Tracing, business |
| الوصف: | Objectives. We estimated the costs and effectiveness of implementing a partner notification (PN) strategy for highly prevalent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) within the Louisiana STD/HIV Program. Methods. We carried out a telephone-based PN approach on an experimental basis in 2 public STD clinics in Louisiana from June 2010 to May 2012. We monitored data on the resources used for identifying, tracing, treating, and managing the infected cases and their partners to estimate the intervention costs. Results. Our results indicated that implementation of telephone-based PN should not increase the STD control program’s expenses by more than 4.5%. This low-cost PN approach could successfully identify and treat 1 additional infected case at a cost of only $171. We found that the cost per disability-adjusted life year averted (a health outcome measure), because of the adoption of selective screening with partner tracing, was $4499. This was significantly lower than the gross domestic product per capita of the United States, a threshold used for defining highly cost-effective health interventions. Conclusions. Adoption of PN for gonorrhea and chlamydia should be considered a national strategy for prevention and control of these diseases. |
| تدمد: | 1541-0048 0090-0036 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::7ebdd255481f17c2bacbd2ed344e63d0Test https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2014.302434Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....7ebdd255481f17c2bacbd2ed344e63d0 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15410048 00900036 |
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