Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2016 Feb 26;92(5):340–346. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052367

Table 2.

Summary results from the cohort decision model comparing the expected effects (Disability-Adjusted Life-Years (DALYs)) of the pregnancy and total costs (2012 U.S. Dollars) for all 4 antenatal HIV and syphilis testing algorithms in the Malawi setting of a theoretical cohort of 100,000 pregnant women receiving antenatal care using the base-case value model inputs.

Total Costs Incremental Cost DALYs Lost Incremental DALYs Lost
Dual HIV and syphilis test $21,479,390 - 108,693 -
Single rapid tests for HIV & syphilis $21,864,363 $384,972 110,691 1,998
HIV rapid test screening only $21,875,298 $395,908 110,875 2,182
HIV rapid test & laboratory-based test for syphilis $21,893,483 $414,092 110,697 2,004