Table 2 Summary of characteristics of economic evaluations of partner notification for chlamydia infection, in chronological order.

First author, year, reference	Partner notification strategy			Outcome		Model		Target population			Cost effectiveness, screening recommended
	M partners of F	F partners of M	Either	MOA	Short term	Static	TDM	F	M&F	M	Yes	No	Comments
Postma, 200114*	√			√		√		√			√		PN improves cost effectiveness by 50%
Howell, 199744			√		√	√			√		√		PN more cost effective for female partners of male cases than male partners of female cases
Katz, 198843			√		√	None			√				Field follow up by trained investigators most cost effective

*Study also included in table 1.

MOA, major outcome averted; TDM, transmission dynamic model; M, males; F, females; PN, partner notification.