Modelling cost-effectiveness of syphilis detection strategies in prisoners: exploratory exercise in a Chilean male prison
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2021
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Syphilis, together with other sexually transmitted infections, remains a global public health problem that is far from controlled. People deprived of liberty are a vulnerable population. Control activities in prisons rely mostly on passive case detection, despite the existence of affordable alternatives that would allow switching to active case-finding strategies. Our objective was to develop a mathematical modelling framework for cost-effectiveness evaluation, from a health system perspective, of different approaches using rapid tests for the detection of syphilis in inmates' populations and to explore the results based on a Chilean male prison population.
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Castillo-Laborde, C., Gajardo, P., Nájera-De Ferrari, M. et al. Modelling cost-effectiveness of syphilis detection strategies in prisoners: exploratory exercise in a Chilean male prison. Cost Eff Resour Alloc 19, 5 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12962-021-00257-9
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Syphilis, Modelling, Screening, Rapid test, Cost-efectiveness