Criteria for prioritization of HIV programs in Viet Nam: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the decline in funding for Viet Nam's response to the HIV epidemic, there is a need for evidence on the criteria to guide the prioritization of HIV programs. There is a gap in the research on the relative importance of multiple criteria for prioritizing a package of interventions. This study elicits preferences and the trade-offs made between different HIV programs by relevant stakeholders and decision-makers in Viet Nam. It also pays attention to how differences in social and professional characteristics of stakeholders and their agency affiliations shape preferences for HIV program criteria in Viet Nam.

Methods

This study uses self-explicated ranking and discrete choice experiments to determine the relative importance of five criteria - effectiveness, feasi

SUBMITTER: Safarnejad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5683339 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature