In the interests of time: improving HIV allocative efficiency modelling via optimal time-varying allocations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

International investment in the response to HIV and AIDS has plateaued and its future level is uncertain. With many countries committed to ending the epidemic, it is essential to allocate available resources efficiently over different response periods to maximize impact. The objective of this study is to propose a technique to determine the optimal allocation of funds over time across a set of HIV programmes to achieve desirable health outcomes.

Methods

We developed a technique to determine the optimal time-varying allocation of funds (1) when the future annual HIV budget is pre-defined and (2) when the total budget over a period is pre-defined, but the year-on-year budget is to be optimally determined. We use this methodology with Optima, an HIV transmission mo

SUBMITTER: Shattock AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4770825 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature