NDLI: Cost-effectiveness of HIV counseling and testing in US prisons

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Author	Varghese, Beena Peterman, Thomas A.
Abstract	The prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in correctional facilities is much higher than in the general population. However, HIV prevention resources are limited, making it important to evaluate different prevention programs in prison settings. Our study presents the cost-effectiveness of offering HIV counseling and testing (CT) to soon-to-be-released inmates in US prisons. A decision model was used to estimate the costs and benefits (averted HIV cases) of HIV testing and counseling compared to no CT from a societal perspective. Model parameters were HIV prevalence among otherwise untested inmates (1%); acceptance of CT (50%); risk for HIV transmission from infected individuals (7%); risk of HIV acquisition for uninfected individuals (0.3%); and reduction of risk after counseling for those infected (25%) and uninfected (20%). Marginal costs of testing and counseling per person were used (no fixed costs). If infected, the cost was $78.17; if uninfected, it was $24.63. A life-time treatment cost of $186,900 was used to estimate the benefits of prevented HIV infections. Sensitivity and threshold analysis were done to test the robustness of these parameters. Our baseline model shows that, compared to no CT, offering CT to 10,000 inmates detects 50 new or previously undiagnosed infections and averts 4 future cases of HIV at a cost of $125,000 to prison systems. However, this will save society over $550,000. Increase in HIV prevalence, risk of transmission, or effectiveness of counseling increased societal savings. As prevalence increases, focusing on HIV-infected inmates prevents additional future infections; however, when HIV prevalence is less than 5%, testing and counseling of both infected and uninfected inmates are important for HIV prevention.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jurban/78.2.304
Ending Page	312
Page Count	9
Starting Page	304
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10993460
e-ISSN	14682869
Journal	Journal of Urban Health : Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	78
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2001-06-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Springer-Verlag
Subject Keyword	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health(social science) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Urban Studies Health (social science) Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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