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. 2013 Mar 12;8(3):e57778. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057778

Table 4. Costs, maternal health outcomes and cost-effectiveness ratios of options A and B and Malawi's Option B+ for the ten-year horizon (US $ 2010).

Current Practice Option A Option B Option B+
Costs
PMTCT costs (first 18 months) $ 3,672,594 $ 13,172,855 $ 21,290,738 $ 20,093,738
Cost of ART for eligible women (subsequent years) $ 10,162,136 $ 26,639,260 $ 26,837,855 $ 73,852,060
Cost of follow up and monitoring $ 448,525 $ 1,692,548 $ 1,692,548 $ 3,784,190
Total programme costs (10 years) $ 14,283,255 $ 41,504,663 $ 49,821,141 $ 97,729,988
Outcomes
Number of HIV infected women on ART and alive after ten years 18,267 28,567 30,057 42,137
Life years gained in HIV infected mothers after ten years 66,289 152,966 171,543 249,576
Cost-Effectiveness Ratios
ICER per life year gained (compared to the current practice) - $ 314 $ 338 $ 455