Kwame Owusu-Edusei
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2013
Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Harrell W. Chesson; Thomas L. Gift; Guoyu Tao; Reena Mahajan; Marie Cheryl Bañez Ocfemia; Charlotte K. Kent
Background Millions of cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur in the United States each year, resulting in substantial medical costs to the nation. Previous estimates of the total direct cost of STIs are quite dated. We present updated direct medical cost estimates of STIs in the United States. Methods We assembled recent (i.e., 2002–2011) cost estimates to determine the lifetime cost per case of 8 major STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B virus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human papillomavirus, genital herpes simplex virus type 2, trichomoniasis and syphilis). The total direct cost for each STI was computed as the product of the number of new or newly diagnosed cases in 2008 and the estimated discounted lifetime cost per case. All costs were adjusted to 2010 US dollars. Results Results indicated that the total lifetime direct medical cost of the 19.7 million cases of STIs that occurred among persons of all ages in 2008 in the United States was
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2011
Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Thomas A. Peterman; Ronald C. Ballard
15.6 (range,
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2011
Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Thomas L. Gift; Ronald C. Ballard
11.0–
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2011
Harrell W. Chesson; Thomas L. Gift; Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Guoyu Tao; Ana P. Johnson; Charlotte K. Kent
20.6) billion. Total costs were as follows: chlamydia (
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2011
Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Kathryn A. Koski; Ronald C. Ballard
516.7 [
American Journal of Preventive Medicine | 2010
Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Michele K. Bohm; Harrell W. Chesson; Charlotte K. Kent
258.3–
American Journal of Public Health | 2013
Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Harrell W. Chesson; Jami S. Leichliter; Charlotte K. Kent; Sevgi O. Aral
775.0] million), gonorrhea (
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2012
Harrell W. Chesson; Charlotte K. Kent; Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Jami S. Leichliter; Sevgi O. Aral
162.1 [
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2009
Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Mehul N. Tejani; Thomas L. Gift; Charlotte K. Kent; Guoyu Tao
81.1–
Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 2014
Kwame Owusu-Edusei; Guoyu Tao; Thomas L. Gift; Wang A; Wang L; Tun Y; Wei X; Fuller S; Mary L. Kamb; Marc Bulterys
243.2] million), hepatitis B virus (