Title | Handbook of Economic Evaluation of HIV Prevention Programs [electronic resource] / edited by David R. Holtgrave |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1878-9 |
Descript | XXII, 282 p. online resource |
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 Analystโs 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 Life Estimates for Use in Economic Evaluations of HIV Prevention Programs: David R. Holtgrave and Steven D. Pinkerton -- Methods -- 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 -- 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