Patient preferences for HIV service delivery models; a Discrete Choice Experiment in Kisumu, Kenya.

ABSTRACT: Novel "differentiated service delivery" models for HIV treatment that reduce clinic visit frequency, minimize waiting time, and deliver treatment in the community promise retention improvement for HIV treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Quantitative assessments of differentiated service delivery (DSD) feature most preferred by patient populations do not widely exist but could inform selection and prioritization of different DSD models. We used a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to elicit patient preferences of HIV treatment services and how they differ across DSD models. We surveyed 18+year-olds, enrolled in HIV care for ≥6 months between February-March, 2019 at four facilities in Kisumu County, Kenya. DCE offered patients a series of comparisons between three treatment models, each varying a

SUBMITTER: Mando RO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021384 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature