Clinical Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex with Men: Risk Calculators for Real-World Decision-Making

Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can be clinically effective and cost-effective for HIV prevention in high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM). However, individual patients have different risk profiles, real-world populations vary, and no practical tools exist to guide clinical decisions or pub...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 9; no. 10; p. e108742
Main Authors:	Chen, Anders, Dowdy, David W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 2014 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adhesion AIDS Antiretroviral agents Antiretroviral drugs Antiretroviral therapy Calculators Clinical decision making Condoms Cost analysis Cost engineering Cost-Benefit Analysis Decision analysis Decision Making Decisions Disease prevention Disease transmission Engineering and Technology Epidemiology Exposure Health risks HIV HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Infections - economics HIV Infections - epidemiology Homosexuality, Male Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Male Mathematical models Medicine and health sciences Men Monogamy Parameter estimation Patients People and Places Populations Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis - economics Prevalence Prophylaxis Public health Research and Analysis Methods Risk analysis Risk Factors Risk management Sex Sexual behavior Sexually transmitted diseases Social Sciences STD Therapy Treatment Outcome World population United States > US Maryland Baltimore Maryland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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