Summary
This study compares the cost and effect of the intervention in the Economic analysis of enhanced Syphilis Screening Among HIV-positive Men (ESSAHM) trial (opt-out standing orders for syphilis serological testing with HIV viral loads) versus the control condition (the maintenance of current, provider-initiated syphilis testing practice) from the perspective of the Ministry of Health. This project will be a secondary data analysis of a stepped wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial that introduced a practice change step-wise across four urban HIV clinics in Ontario, Canada. In total, 3,895 men were followed between February 1, 2015 and July 31, 2017.
Project Resources
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4715363/
- https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/74/5/846/6310159
Funded By
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Principal Investigators
- Ann Burchell
Co-Investigators
- Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai
- Sharmistha Mishra
Collaborators
- Darrell H S Tan
- Ramandip Grewal
- Vanessa G Allen
- Paul A MacPherson
- Sharon Walmsley
- Anita Rachlis
- Nisha Andany
- Sandra L Gardner
- Janet Raboud
- David Fisman
- Curtis Cooper
- Kevin Gough
- John Maxwell
- Sean B Rourke
- Rodney Rousseau
- Tony Mazzulli
- Irving E Salit
- Mark Gilbert
KTP Project Staff
- Sujata Mishra