Cost-effectiveness of two screening strategies for and as part of the PrEP programme in the Netherlands: a modelling study.
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2021-01-11
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Cost-effectiveness of two screening strategies for and as part of the PrEP programme in the Netherlands: a modelling study.
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Sex Transm Infect 2021; 97(8):607-12
Abstract
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users are routinely tested four times a year (3 monthly) for asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) infections on three anatomical locations. Given the high costs of this testing to the PrEP programme, we assessed the impact of 3 monthly screening(current practice), compared with 6 monthly on the disease burden. We quantified the difference in impact of these two testing frequencies on the prevalence of CT and NG among all men who have sex with men (MSM) who are at risk of an STI, and explored the cost-effectiveness of 3-monthly screening compared with a baseline scenario of 6-monthly screening.