Titlebook: Handbook of Economic Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs; David R. Holtgrave Book 1998 Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998 HIV

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,Ernte-Ertr?gnis in quantitativer Beziehung,994 allocated to the Centers for Disease Control were in turn reallocated to 65 different planning areas (the 50 states, eight territories, and seven of the U.S. cities hardest hit by AIDS).. Each of these jurisdictions undertook a . to establish priorities for HIV prevention. The planning groups fo

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An Overview of Economic Evaluation Methodologies and Selected Issues in Methods Standardization,akers often need to compare different programs and set priorities for resource allocation. Economic evaluations can be helpful by providing information about the costs and benefits of various alternatives. For evaluations to be comparable, however, they must be conducted by similar methods. Economic

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The Bernoulli-Process Model of HIV Transmission,V is a discrete event, rarely can the outcome of a particular opportunity for transmission be ascertained with certainty. When seroconversion occurs, it is delayed by several weeks or even months from the time of infection. Moreover, most cases of HIV infection are detected only much later in the co

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Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions,revention is actually cost-saving, meaning that the cost of the prevention intervention is more than offset by the savings in medical care costs. The ., therefore, is negative. (As discussed further later on, this is actually a very conservative interpretation of “cost saving” since it omits other i

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Economic Evaluation of Primary HIV Prevention in Injection Drug Users,wly reported AIDS cases. and are estimated to represent 50% of new HIV infections.. In addition, HIV infections in IDUs spread in quantitatively important ways to other population groups. For example, women whose risk factor is being the sex partner of IDUs constitute 4% of all new AIDS cases.. Thes

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Economic Evaluation of HIV Counseling and Testing Programs, during the past ten years. According to data gathered from 65 states, cities, and territories fully or partially funded by HIV prevention cooperative agreements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of reported HIV tests increased from more than one million in 1989 t

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Economic Evaluation of HIV Screening Interventions,tion to people who have HIV and to provide counseling that may encourage these people to reduce high-risk behavior that can transmit HIV. Despite this relatively straightforward medical rationale, few topics in public health have been more controversial than screening for HIV. Certain authors have v

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Changing Public Policy to Prevent HIV Transmission,mission of HIV and AIDS? Are interventions that include a focus on environmental changes perhaps more cost-effective than those that rely only on individual persuasion? Moreover, what can be done to facilitate greater attention to imaginative environmental interventions and the policy changes necess