Handbook of Economic Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs
If resources for HIV prevention efforts were truly unlimited, then this book would be en tirely unnecessary. In a world with limitless support for HIV prevention activities, one would simply implement all effective (or potentially effective) programs without regard to expense. We would do everythin...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1998, 1998
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
Series: | Aids Prevention and Mental Health
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Sites for Economic, Population, and Health-Care Information and Data
- U.S. Government Sites for Information and Data (Not Listed Previously)
- Other Sites of Interest
- Sites for Relevant Journals
- Previous Estimates of Cost of Illness and Quality of Life
- Scenario Analysis
- Results
- Discussion
- References
- Appendix C. Cost-Effectiveness of a Community-Level HIV Risk Reduction Intervention: Steven D. Pinkerton, David R. Holtgrave, Wayne J. DiFranceisco, L. Yvonne Stevenson, and Jeffrey A. Kelly
- Description of Intervention
- Cost-Effectiveness
- Methods
- Retrospective Cost Estimation
- Mathematical Modeling
- Estimation of QALYs Saved
- Calculation of Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Ratios
- Threshold and Sensitivity Analyses
- Results
- Costs
- Infections Averted and QALYs Saved
- Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility Ratios
- Threshold and Sensitivity Analyses
- Discussion
- References
- Appendix D. HIV Prevention and Cost-Effectiveness Resources on the World Wide Web: Mary E. Turk, Steven D. Pinkerton, David R. Holtgrave, and Heather Cecil
- General Interest HIV/AIDS Sites
- Sites with Prevention Resources and Information
- 1. An Overview of Economic Evaluation Methodologies and Selected Issues in Methods Standardization
- 2. The Bernoulli-Process Model of HIV Transmission: Applications and Implications
- 3. Assessing the Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Interventions: A Primer
- 4. Economic Evaluation of Primary HIV Prevention in Injection Drug Users
- 5. Economic Evaluation of HIV Counseling and Testing Programs: The Influence of Program Goals on Evaluation
- 6. Economic Evaluation of HIV Screening Interventions
- 7. Changing Public Policy to Prevent HIV Transmission: The Role of Structural and Environmental Interventions
- 8. The Cost-Effectiveness of Small Group and Community-Level Interventions
- 9. The Cost-Effectiveness of the Components of a Comprehensive HIV Prevention Program: A Road Map of the Literature
- 10. Resource Allocation and the Funding of HIV Prevention
- 11. Economic Evaluation and HIV Prevention Decision Making: The State Perspective
- 12. Adapting Cost Analytic Techniques to Local HIV Prevention Programs
- 13. Economic Evaluation and HIV Prevention Community Planning: A Policy Analyst’s Perspective
- 14. Threshold Analysis of AIDS Outreach and Intervention
- 15. A Few Reflections on the Practicality of Economic Evaluation Methods and Conclusions
- Appendix A. A Method to Measure the Costs of Counseling for HIV Prevention: Robin D. Gorsky
- Overview of a Cost Analysis
- Steps of a Cost Analysis
- Determination of Counseling Costs
- Choosing the Time Period
- Counting the Clients Served
- Inventorying the Resources Required
- Calculating the Cost Per Unit of Resource and the Number of Units Used
- Calculating the Total and Expected Cost of the Intervention
- Discussion
- Suggested Readings
- References
- Appendix B. Updates of Cost of Illness and Quality of LifeEstimates for Use in Economic Evaluations of HIV Prevention Programs: David R. Holtgrave and Steven D. Pinkerton
- Methods