TABLE 5.

Cost of different screening strategies for men younger than age 35 years attending a sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic

Screening criteria	Number of men who met screening criteria	Number of cases detected at 100% sensitivity	Number of cases detected at 90% sensitivity	Cost per case* ($)
Age 35 years or younger or LE-positive	383 (83%)	33/36 (92%)	30/36 (83%)	400
Age 35 years or younger or STD contact	379 (82%)	33/36 (92%)	30/36 (83%)	396
Age 35 years or younger or STD contact or LE-positive	384 (83%)	33/36 (92%)	30/36 (83%)	401
Age 35 years or younger or new partner or STD contact or never uses condoms	433 (94%)	36/36 (100%)	32/36 (89%)	424

^*Costs based on a screening assay with 90% sensitivity; cost/case = $31.31 × number of men tested/ number of cases detected at 90% sensitivity. LE Leukocyte esterase