Ignored and undervalued in public health: a systematic review of health state utility values associated with syphilis infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection causing significant global morbidity and mortality. To inform policymaking and economic evaluation studies for syphilis, we summarised utility and disability weights for health states associated with syphilis.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review, searching six databases for economic evaluations and primary valuation studies related to syphilis from January 2000 to February 2022. We extracted health state utility values or disability weights, including identification of how these were derived. The study was registered in the international prospective register of systematic reviews (PROSPERO, CRD42021230035).

Findings

Of 3401 studies screened, 22 economic evaluations, two primary studies providing condition-sp

SUBMITTER: Miao P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863090 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature