Preferences of people living with HIV for differentiated care models in Kenya: A discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To improve retention on HIV treatment in Africa, public health programs are promoting a family of innovations to service delivery-referred to as "differentiated service delivery" (DSD) models-which seek to better meet the needs of both systems and patients by reducing unnecessary encounters, expanding access, and incorporating peers and patients in patient care. Data on the relative desirability of different models to target populations, which is currently sparse, can help guide prioritization of specific models during scale-up.

Methods

We conducted a discrete choice experiment to assess patient preferences for various characteristics of treatment services. Clinically stable people living with HIV were recruited from an HIV clinic in Kisumu, Kenya. We selected s

SUBMITTER: Dommaraju S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8386850 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature