The Estimated Lifetime Medical Cost of Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Trichomoniasis in the United States, 2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Sex Transm Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kumar, Sagar ; Chesson, Harrell ; Spicknall, Ian H. ; Kreisel, Kristen ; Gift, Thomas L.
• Description:
  Background:
  
  The purpose of this study was to provide updated estimates of the average lifetime medical cost per infection for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis.
  
  Methods:
  
  We adapted a published decision tree model that allowed for 7 possible outcomes of infection: (1) symptomatic infection, treated, no sequelae; (2) symptomatic infection, not treated, sequelae; (3) symptomatic infection, not treated, no sequelae; (4) asymptomatic infection, treated, sequelae; (5) asymptomatic infection, treated, no sequelae; (6) asymptomatic infection, not treated, sequelae; and (7) asymptomatic infection, not treated, no sequelae. The base case values and ranges we applied for the model inputs (i.e., the probability and cost assumptions) were based on published studies.
  
  Results:
  
  The estimated lifetime medical cost per infection for men and women, respectively, was $46 (95% credibility interval: $32–62) and $262 ($127–483) for chlamydia, $78 ($36–145) and $254 ($96–518) for gonorrhea, and $5 ($1–14) and $36 ($17–58) for trichomoniasis. Cost estimates for men were most sensitive to assumptions regarding the probability that the infection is symptomatic, the probability of treatment if asymptomatic, and the cost of treatment of infection. Cost estimates for chlamydia and gonorrhea in women were most sensitive to assumptions regarding the probability and cost of subsequent pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
  
  Conclusions:
  
  These estimates of the lifetime medical cost per infection can inform updated estimates of the total annual cost of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States, as well as analyses of the value and cost-effectiveness of STI prevention interventions.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Chlamydia Chlamydia Infections Female Gonorrhea Humans Male Sexually Transmitted Diseases Trichomonas Infections United States
• Source:
  Sex Transm Dis. 48(4):238-246
• Pubmed ID:
  33492090
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10440745
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:19c08d6cc7af174c3d36a8b0d95e3739cdbf6593dd4ad847c6fc803575e30027
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