OBJECTIVES: The authors evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a community-level HIV prevention intervention that used peer leaders to endorse risk reduction among gay men. METHODS: A mathematical model of HIV transmission was used to translate reported changes in sexual behavior into an estimate of the number of HIV infections averted. RESULTS: The intervention cost $17,150, or about $65,000 per infection averted, and was therefore cost-saving, even under very conservative modeling assumptions. CONCLUSIONS: For this intervention, the cost of HIV prevention was more than offset by savings in averted future medical care costs. Community-level interventions to prevent HIV transmission that use existing social networks can be highly cost-effective.
OBJECTIVES: The authors evaluated the cost-effectiveness of a community-level HIV prevention intervention that used peer leaders to endorse risk reduction among gay men. METHODS: A mathematical model of HIV transmission was used to translate reported changes in sexual behavior into an estimate of the number of HIV infections averted. RESULTS: The intervention cost $17,150, or about $65,000 per infection averted, and was therefore cost-saving, even under very conservative modeling assumptions. CONCLUSIONS: For this intervention, the cost of HIV prevention was more than offset by savings in averted future medical care costs. Community-level interventions to prevent HIV transmission that use existing social networks can be highly cost-effective.
Authors: C A Rietmeijer; M S Kane; P Z Simons; N H Corby; R J Wolitski; D L Higgins; F N Judson; D L Cohn Journal: AIDS Date: 1996-03 Impact factor: 4.177
Authors: J L Peterson; T J Coates; J Catania; W W Hauck; M Acree; D Daigle; B Hillard; L Middleton; N Hearst Journal: AIDS Date: 1996-03 Impact factor: 4.177
Authors: Lisa A Cubbins; Danuta Kasprzyk; Daniel Montano; Lucy P Jordan; Godfrey Woelk Journal: Drug Alcohol Depend Date: 2012-03-02 Impact factor: 4.492