Rapid Syphilis Testing Is Cost-Effective Even in Low-Prevalence Settings: The

Mallma, Patricia; Torres-Rueda, Sergio; Mabey, David; Terris-Prestholt, Fern; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio; Peeling, Rosanna

dc.contributor.author	Mallma, Patricia
dc.contributor.author	Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet
dc.contributor.author	Cárcamo Cavagnaro, César Paul Eugenio
dc.contributor.author	Torres-Rueda, Sergio
dc.contributor.author	Peeling, Rosanna
dc.contributor.author	Mabey, David
dc.contributor.author	Terris-Prestholt, Fern
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:45:55Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:45:55Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5115
dc.description.abstract	Studies have addressed cost-effectiveness of syphilis testing of pregnant women in high-prevalence settings. This study compares costs of rapid syphilis testing (RST) with laboratory-based rapid plasma reagin (RPR) tests in low-prevalence settings in Peru. The RST was introduced in a tertiary-level maternity hospital and in the Ventanilla Network of primary health centers, where syphilis prevalence is approximately 1%. The costs per woman tested and treated with RST at the hospital were $2.70 and $369 respectively compared with $3.60 and $740 for RPR. For the Ventanilla Network the costs per woman tested and treated with RST were $3.19 and $295 respectively compared with $5.55 and $1454 for RPR. The cost per DALY averted using RST was $46 vs. $109 for RPR. RST showed lower costs compared to the WHO standard costs per DALY ($64). Findings suggest syphilis screening with RST is cost-effective in low-prevalence settings.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries	PLoS ONE
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Abortion, Spontaneous	en_US
dc.subject	Cost-Benefit Analysis	en_US
dc.subject	Delivery, Obstetric	en_US
dc.subject	Female	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Mothers	en_US
dc.subject	Peru/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Point-of-Care Testing/economics	en_US
dc.subject	Pregnancy	en_US
dc.subject	Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/diagnosis/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Prevalence	en_US
dc.subject	Syphilis/diagnosis/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Time Factors	en_US
dc.title	Rapid Syphilis Testing Is Cost-Effective Even in Low-Prevalence Settings: The	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149568
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.02
dc.relation.issn	1932-6203