Explaining the heterogeneity in average costs per HIV/AIDS patient in Nigeria: The role of supply-side and service delivery characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We estimated the average annual cost per patient of ART per facility (unit cost) in Nigeria, described the variation in costs across facilities, and identified factors associated with this variation.

Methods

We used facility-level data of 80 facilities in Nigeria, collected between December 2014 and May 2015. We estimated unit costs at each facility as the ratio of total costs (the sum of costs of staff, recurrent inputs and services, capital, training, laboratory tests, and antiretroviral and TB treatment drugs) divided by the annual number of patients. We applied linear regressions to estimate factors associated with ART cost per patient.

Results

The unit ART cost in Nigeria was $157 USD nationally and the facility-level mean was $231 USD. The study found

SUBMITTER: Bautista-Arredondo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931468 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature