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<p><P>This timely volume provides a state-of-the-art review of all research to date on evaluating the cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention programs. Chapters feature comprehensive discussions on both scientific and practical uses - and limitations - of current studies. Addressing key questions about allocating scarce resources to HIV prevention, the Handbook is essential for those who require the most up-to-date research on the methods, findings, and practical uses of economic evaluations. A special feature is the inclusion of helpful tables summarizing the relevant literature.</p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>Begins with a number of assumptions: that resources for preventing HIV are limited, that funding one program instead of another can have real effects on the course of the epidemic and on individual morbidity and mortality, that it is desirable to avert the maximum possible number of infections given the limited resources, and--more controversial--that the major goal of prevention programs is preventing infection. Within that framework, contributors from economics and health care discuss the methods, applications, and utilization of cost and cost- effectiveness analysis making decisio

Author

David R. Holtgrave

Publisher

New York: Plenum Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780306457494

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Medicine