Rescreening for gonorrhea: An evaluation of compliance methods and results

F.N. Judson and F.C. Wolf

American Journal of Public Health, 1979, vol. 69, issue 11, 1178-1180

Abstract: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a routine rescreening (RS) culture several weeks after treatment for gonorrhea, as well as the specific efforts to ensure return visits, we followed 438 consecutive patients, 347 men and 91 women. Return visit compliance rates were 70% for a test-of-cure culture, 27% for a six-week RS, and 15% at 12 weeks. The program detected seven cases of gonorrhea at $796 per case. In our clinic, RS is not a cost-effective way to control gonorrhea.

Date: 1979
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