HIV partner services in Kenya: a cost and budget impact analysis study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The elicitation of contact information, notification and testing of sex partners of HIV infected patients (aPS), is an effective HIV testing strategy in low-income settings but may not necessarily be affordable. We applied WHO guidelines and the International Society for Pharmaco-economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) guidelines to conduct cost and budget impact analyses, respectively, of aPS compared to current practice of HIV testing services (HTS) in Kisumu County, Kenya.

Methods

Using study data and time motion studies, we constructed an Excel-based tool to estimate costs and the budget impact of aPS. Cost data were collected from selected facilities in Kisumu County. We report the annual total and unit costs of HTS, incremental total and unit costs for aPS,

SUBMITTER: Cherutich P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142360 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature