Nálaskiptiþjónusta er kostnaðarvirk forvörn gegn HIV á Íslandi | Zendy

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Nálaskiptiþjónusta er kostnaðarvirk forvörn gegn HIV á Íslandi

Author(s) -

Elías Eyþórsson,

Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdóttir,

Magnús Gottfreðsson

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

læknablaðið

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.147

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 1670-4959

pISSN - 0023-7213

DOI - 10.17992/lbl.2014.0708.551

Subject(s) - per capita , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , cost effectiveness analysis , environmental health , cost–benefit analysis , population , cost effectiveness , biology , virology , ecology , risk analysis (engineering) , sociology

In 2007 there was a sudden increase in HIV cases among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Iceland. In 2007 - 2011 there were 34 new HIV cases among IDUs compared to four in the previous four year period. The purpose of this study was to assess whether needle exchange programs (NEPs) were cost-effective in preventing the spread of HIV among IDUs in Iceland.

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