Research Article
The Cost of Medicaid Savings: The Potential Detrimental Public Health Impact of Neonatal Circumcision Defunding
Table 4
Projected additional male cases of HIV and additional direct medical costsa.
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aPer South Carolina Medicaid birth year cohort. bPrevention fraction (1-relative risk) of male circumcision for reducing HIV transmission through heterosexual contact. cUsing Schackman et al’s discounted lifetime HIV treatment cost of $303,100 (in $US2004) inflated to $US2010 for a lifetime treatment cost of $377,360. dTo allow for direct comparison to circumcision savings in the cohort birth year. |