The costs and benefits of a prison needle and syringe program in Australia, 2025–30: a modelling study
Each dollar spent on a needle and syringe program in Australian prisons could save $2.60 in treatment costs for HCV and other injection-related infections.
Authors
- Farah Houdroge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7614-4997)
- Samantha Colledge‐Frisby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3571-0136)
- Nick Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9213-0798)
- Joanne Carson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8043-0200)
- Rebecca Winter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2067-4278)
- Mark A Stoove (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-1409)
- Nadine Kronfli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-0496)
Institutions
- Burnet Institute (AU)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Medical Journal of Australia
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52640
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 14.90
Funders
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé
- National Health and Medical Research Council