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. 2023 Sep 5;3(9):e0000610. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000610

Table 2. Costs used in the primary and sensitivity analyses.

  Parameter  Value  Lower  Upper  Source (Main)  Source (Lower)  Source (Upper) 
1 Home testing for HIV
Positive test   5.81  20.5   Meyer-Rath, 2019 [14] OraQuick self-test [21 Chang, 2016 (SEARCH) [22]
Negative test   5.23  20.5 
2 Annual HIV-related hospitalisation 
CD4 <200  125.50  71.50  222.5 Meyer-Rath, 2013 [23] Meyer-Rath, 2013 [23]  Meyer-Rath, 2013 [23]
CD4 200–350  58  39  97
CD4 350+  39  23  76
On ART  45  23  80 
3 Community ART
First year  310.84 250 618.6 DO ART (at-scale) [6] DO ART 6-month refill (calculated) DO ART (as observed) [6]
Subsequent years  245.15  199  500.88 
Clinic ART  249.15  109.55 315.39  Meyer-Rath, 2019 [14] Nichols, 2021 (SDC6) [24 Thomas, 2021 (PopART) [25]

Notes

In the analysis, all costs are inflation-adjusted to 2020 USD. Here they are presented in nominal USD for ease of reference with the literature.