A Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Among Los Angeles County Men Who Have Sex With Men
Author(s) -
Emmanuel F. Drabo,
Joel W. Hay,
Raffaele Vardavas,
Zachary Wagner,
Neeraj Sood
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw578
Subject(s) - medicine , pre exposure prophylaxis , men who have sex with men , treatment as prevention , demography , cost–benefit analysis , incidence (geometry) , cost effectiveness , quality adjusted life year , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , status quo , gerontology , family medicine , antiretroviral therapy , viral load , risk analysis (engineering) , ecology , physics , syphilis , sociology , economics , optics , market economy , biology
Substantial gaps remain in understanding the trade-offs between the costs and benefits of choosing alternative human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention strategies, including test-and-treat (expanded HIV testing combined with immediate treatment) and PrEP (initiation of preexposure prophylaxis by high-risk uninfected individuals) strategies.
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