Table 2. References and input cost estimates for the decision analytic model.
Reference | Composition of cost | Items | Value($)(year = 2012) |
[43] [52] | Testing cost | CD4 testing | 5.43 |
[53] | ELISA testing | 2.10 | |
[53] | Positive rapid HIV testing | 2.36 | |
[53] | ELISA testing and Weston blotting | 6.30 | |
[53] [79] | HAART cost | HAART in pregnancy | 76.82 |
[53] [79] | HAART during lactation | 50.65 | |
[2] | ART (first-line regimens) | 186.00 | |
[43] | ARV cost | Triple ARV in pregnancy(first-line regimens) | 146.50 |
[51] | sdNVP+sdTDF+FTC and AZT in labor per unit | 0.44 | |
[51] [43] | FDC(TDF+FTC/3TC+EFV) per year | 159.00 | |
[58] | Counseling and Health care cost | Cost of behavior counseling | 3.74 |
[58] | Feeding cost | Breastfeeding (6 month) | 153.98 |
[58] | Formula feeding (6 month) | 310.82 |
ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy; ART, antiretroviral prophylaxis; ARV, antiretroviral prophylaxis; sdNVP, single dose nevirapine; sdTDF, single dose Tenofovir; FTC, emtricitabine; AZT, Zidovudine; FDC, (TDF, FTC/3TC, EFV); 3TC,Lamivudine; EFV, Efavirenz.