Table 6.
Projected additional cases of HIV and additional direct medical costs by percentage of parents electing to pay out of pocket for circumcisiona.
| Additional male HIV cases (n = 14,855) |
Additional female HIV cases (n = 14,461) |
Total male and female discounted costsb | Net cost per birth year cohort | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25% pay out-of-pocket | 41 | 35 | $11,655,600 | $6,799,400 |
| 50% pay out-of-pocket | 28 | 24 | $7,770,400 | $2,914,200 |
| 75% pay out-of-pocket | 14 | 12 | $3,885,200 | $−971,000 |
aPer South Carolina Medicaid birth year cohort. Assuming baseline prevention fraction (60% for males and 46% for females) of circumcision at reducing HIV transmission.
bCosts discounted by 3% from cohort birth year.