Economic Evaluation of the Portuguese Needle Exchange Program in Community Pharmacies (NEP-CP)

• Main Authors: M Gouveia (Author), AV Carneiro (Author), S Costa (Author), J Guerreiro (Author), M Cary (Author), G Jesus (Author), M Borges (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Formifarma, LDA., 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives To conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis comparing two scenarios of the Needle Exchange Program (NEP) in Portugal: with and without community pharmacies (CP). Methods Health gains were measured by the number of HIV and HCV infections avoided. The number of infections in each scenario was...