Economic evaluation of integrated services for non-communicable diseases and HIV: costs and client outcomes in rural Malawi.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the costs and client outcomes associated with integrating screening and treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) into HIV services in a rural and remote part in southeastern Africa.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Primary and secondary level health facilities in Neno District, Malawi.

Participants

New adult enrollees in Integrated Chronic Care Clinics (IC3) between July 2016 and June 2017.

Main outcome measures

We quantified the annualised total and per capita economic cost (US$2017) of integrated chronic care, using activity-based costing from a health system perspective. We also measured enrolment, retention and mortality over the same period. Furthermore, we measured clinical outcomes for HIV (viral load), hyperten

SUBMITTER: Wroe EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9710473 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature