Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Portfolio of Prevention Programs for Injection Drug Users in Mixed HIV Epidemics

Sabina S. Alistar; Douglas K. Owens; Margaret L. Brandeau

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086584

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Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Portfolio of Prevention Programs for Injection Drug Users in Mixed HIV Epidemics

Sabina S. Alistar ,

* E-mail: ssabina@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Douglas K. Owens,

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Palo Healthcare System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Center for Health Policy/Program on Clinical Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Margaret L. Brandeau

Affiliation Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in a Portfolio of Prevention Programs for Injection Drug Users in Mixed HIV Epidemics

Sabina S. Alistar,
Douglas K. Owens,
Margaret L. Brandeau

Published: January 28, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086584

About the Authors

Sabina S. Alistar

* E-mail: ssabina@stanford.edu

Affiliation Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Douglas K. Owens

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Palo Healthcare System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Center for Health Policy/Program on Clinical Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Margaret L. Brandeau

Affiliation Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSA DKO MLB. Performed the experiments: SSA MLB. Analyzed the data: SSA MLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSA MLB. Wrote the paper: SSA DKO MLB.

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