@article{85b4a0823835404c8e789843735a2415,
title = "Cost and Threshold Analysis of Positive Charge, a Multi-site Linkage to HIV Care Program in the United States",
abstract = "Positive Charge (PC) is a linkage to HIV care initiative implemented by AIDS United with sites in New York, Chicago, Louisiana, North Carolina, and the San Francisco/Bay Area. This study employed standard methods of cost and threshold analyses, as recommended by the US Panel on Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine, to calculate cost-saving and cost effective thresholds of the initiative. The overall societal cost of the linkage to care programs ranged from $48,490 to $370,525. The study found that PC{\textquoteright}s five unique evidence-based linkage to care programs have relatively low costs per client served and highly achievable cost-saving and cost-effectiveness thresholds. The findings from this study suggest that HIV linkage to care programs have the potential to be a highly productive use of public health resources.",
keywords = "Cost-effective analysis, Economic evaluation, HIV prevention",
author = "Kim, {Jeeyon Janet} and Catherine Maulsby and Rose Zulliger and Kriti Jain and Vignetta Charles and Maura Riordan and Melissa Davey-Rothwell and Holtgrave, {David R}",
note = "Funding Information: The PC initiative was supported by Bristol-Myers Squibb and AIDS United. AIDS United executed and monitored the contract to Johns Hopkins School of Public Health to evaluate the program. The authors do not have any conflicts of interest to report at this time. Funding Information: The authors would like to express their gratitude to the PC intervention staff for their dedication and for the individuals who participated in the PC intervention. This evaluation project is supported by a grant from AIDS United to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The overall Positive Charge Project was supported by a grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) to AIDS United. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health only had a relationship with AIDS United (not BMS). We would also like to acknowledge those whose who took time to review the manuscript. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of AIDS United, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, or the grantees of the Positive Charge initiative. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.",
year = "2015",
month = oct,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1007/s10461-015-1124-9",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "19",
pages = "1735--1741",
journal = "AIDS and behavior",
issn = "1090-7165",
publisher = "Springer New York",
number = "10",
}