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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2019

Cost-effectiveness and budget effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV-1 prevention in Germany from 2018 to 2058.

David A M C van de Vijver, Ann-Kathrin Richter, Charles A B Boucher, Barbara Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Christian Kollan, Brooke E Nichols, Christoph D Spinner, Jürgen Wasem, Knud Schewe, Anja Neumann

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

David A M C van de VijverViroscience department, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ann-Kathrin RichterInstitute for Health Care Management and Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Charles A B BoucherViroscience department, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Barbara Gunsenheimer-BartmeyerDepartment for Infectious Disease epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Christian KollanDepartment for Infectious Disease epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Brooke E NicholsViroscience department, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Christoph D SpinnerDepartment of Medicine II, University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.
Jürgen WasemInstitute for Health Care Management and Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
Knud Schewedagnä (Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft niedergelassener Ärzte in der Versorgung HIV-Infizierter), Berlin, Germany.
Anja NeumannInstitute for Health Care Management and Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
University of Duisburg-Essen · DEErasmus University Rotterdam · NLRobert Koch Institute · DEDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft · DEKlinikum rechts der Isar · DEUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective HIV prevention strategy for men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM). The high cost of PrEP has until recently been a primary barrier to its use. In 2017, generic PrEP became available, reducing the costs by 90%.AimOur objective was to assess cost-effectiveness and costs of introducing PrEP in Germany.MethodsWe calibrated a deterministic mathematical model to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic among MSM in Germany. PrEP was targeted to 30% of high-risk MSM. It was assumed that PrEP reduces the risk of HIV infection by 85%. Costs were calculated from a healthcare payer perspective using a 40-year time horizon starting in 2018.ResultsPrEP can avert 21,000 infections (interquartile range (IQR): 16,000-27,000) in the short run (after 2 years scale-up and 10 years full implementation). HIV care is predicted to cost EUR 36.2 billion (IQR: 32.4-40.4 billion) over the coming 40 years. PrEP can increase costs by at most EUR 150 million within the first decade after introduction. Ten years after introduction, PrEP can become cost-saving, accumulating to savings of HIV-related costs of EUR 5.1 billion (IQR: 3.5-6.9 billion) after 40 years. In a sensitivity analysis, PrEP remained cost-saving even at a 70% price reduction of antiretroviral drug treatment and a lower effectiveness of PrEP.ConclusionIntroduction of PrEP in Germany is predicted to result in substantial health benefits because of reductions in HIV infections. Short-term financial investments in providing PrEP will result in substantial cost-savings in the long term.

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Cost-Benefit AnalysisAnti-HIV AgentsAnti-Retroviral AgentsGermanyHIV-1HIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleMass ScreeningModels, TheoreticalPre-Exposure ProphylaxisAnti-HIV AgentsAnti-Retroviral Agentsacquired immonodeficiency syndromeAIDScost-effectivenessGermanyHIVHIV infectioninfection controlmen-who-have-sex-with-menmodellingMSMpreexposure prophylaxisPrEPpreventionpublic health policysexually transmitted infectionsviral infections

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