Title |
Cost and Threshold Analysis of an HIV/STI/Hepatitis Prevention Intervention for Young Men Leaving Prison: Project START
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Published in |
AIDS and Behavior, November 2011
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DOI | 10.1007/s10461-011-0096-7 |
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Authors |
A. P. Johnson, R. J. MacGowan, G. D. Eldridge, K. M. Morrow, J. Sosman, B. Zack, A. Margolis, The Project START Study Group |
Abstract |
The objectives of this study were to: (a) estimate the costs of providing a single-session HIV prevention intervention and a multi-session intervention, and (b) estimate the number of HIV transmissions that would need to be prevented for the intervention to be cost-saving or cost-effective (threshold analysis). Project START was evaluated with 522 young men aged 18-29 years released from eight prisons located in California, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Cost data were collected prospectively. Costs per participant were $689 for the single-session comparison intervention, and ranged from $1,823 to 1,836 for the Project START multi-session intervention. From the incremental threshold analysis, the multi-session intervention would be cost-effective if it prevented one HIV transmission for every 753 participants compared to the single-session intervention. Costs are comparable with other HIV prevention programs. Program managers can use these data to gauge costs of initiating these HIV prevention programs in correctional facilities. |
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