Comparison of the costs of HPV testing through community health campaigns versus home-based testing in rural Western Kenya: a microcosting study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the cost of human papillomavirus (HPV)-based screening through community health campaigns (CHCs) and home-based testing.

Setting

CHCs and home-based testing in six communities in rural Western Kenya.

Participants

CHCs and home-based screening reached 2297 and 1002 women aged 25-65 years, respectively.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures were overall cost per woman screened achieved through the CHCs and home-based testing and the cost per woman for each activity comprising the screening intervention.

Results

The mean cost per woman screened through CHCs and home-based testing were similar, at $37.7 (range $26.4-$52.0) and $37.1 (range $27.6-$54.0), respectively. For CHCs, personnel represented 49% of overall cost, supplies 25%, servic

SUBMITTER: Olwanda EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592277 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature