TABLE 2—
Cost of Partner Notification of Index Cases of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in 2 Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics: Louisiana, 2010–2012
| Cost Components for Partner Notification | Cases in Study Population | Cost for Study Cases/Population, $ | Cases Expected in Louisiana in 2013 | Cost Estimates for Louisiana in 2013, $ |
| Clerk’s time | 322 | 963 | 4 266 | 12 758 |
| Phlebotomist’s time | 322 | 1 614 | 4 266 | 21 383 |
| Time value of nurse | 322 | 5 318 | 4 266 | 70 455 |
| Cost of laboratory tests | 322 | 4 250 | 4 266 | 56 306 |
| Time of the epidemiologist | 2 160 | 900 | 28 617 | 11 924 |
| Case management, including eliciting partners | 218 | 5 212 | 2 888 | 69 047 |
| Prophylactic treatment of partners | 88 | 601 | 1 167 | 7 970 |
| Phone call and letter cost to contact assigned cases | 2 160 | 3 302 | 28 617 | 43 747 |
| Time cost to contact assigned cases | 2 160 | 5 093 | 28 617 | 67 475 |
| Phone call and letter cost to contact partners | 445 | 556 | 5 896 | 7 367 |
| Time cost to contact partners | 445 | 860 | 5 896 | 11 395 |
| Total partner notification cost | 28 669 | 379 827 |