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. 2018 Mar 21;32(6):809–818. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001766

Table 1.

Estimated costs of preexposure prophylaxis programs, and proportion of costs because of preexposure prophylaxis drugs, from costing and cost-effectiveness studies conducted since 2010, by World Bank country classifications for 2017.

Cost components
Reference Population Country ARV drugs Laboratory tests HIV tests STI testing Hepatitis B test Blood urea nitrogen Serum creatinine Pregnancy test Staff costs Physician Nurse Laboratory staff Staff training Adherence counselling Other Cost unitsa PrEP total cost per person per year PrEP drug cost per person per year Percentage of total costs attributable to drugs
High-income countries
 Juusola et al. [22] MSM USA US$ 2010 10,237 9,441 92%
 Horberg and Raymond [23] Not specified USA Hepatitis B vaccination, risk reduction counselling US $ 17,808–17,939 17,125 96%
 Ouellet et al. [24] MSM Canada Condoms, overheads, pharmacist dispensing fees Can $2012 (US $2012) 11,593 (9,387) 9,396 (7,608) 81%
 Schneider et al. [25] MSM Australia AU $2013 (US $2013) 10,362 (7,025) 9,597b (6,506) 93%
 Ong et al. [14] MSM UK Clinic costs GB £2013/14 (US $2014) 4,560 (6,514) 4,311 (6,159) 95%
 Mabileau et al. [26] Discordant couples France Urine ovulation tests €2013 (US $2013) 6,702 (8,055) 6,437 (7,737) 96%
Upper-middle income countries
 Gomez et al. [27] MSM Peru Condoms and lubricants, behaviour change communication, counselling, project level costs US $2011 606–828 420–600 66–75%
 Pretorius et al. [28] General population South Africa US $2010 150 134 89%
 Cremin et al. [29] General population South Africa Facilities, outreach US $2012 252 118 47%
 Stover et al. [30] General population South Africa Service delivery US $ 95 50 53%
 Walensky et al. [31] High-risk women South Africa Chemistry panels, clinic visits US $2014 148 75 51%
Lower-middle income countries
 Alistar et al. [32] People who inject drugs Ukraine Monitoring PrEP side effects US $ 950 450 47%
 Nichols et al. [33] General population Zambia HIV testing includes outpatient visits US $2012 134 127 95%
 Nichols et al. [34] General population Zambia Outpatient visits US $ 137 126 92%
 Kiragu et al. [35] MSM and young women Kenya Demand-creation, lab equipment, transport, building costs US $2012 618 1st year; 522 2nd year 110 18% 1st year; 21% 2nd year
 Mitchell et al. [36] Discordant couples Nigeria Drug delivery costs, mass media, facilities, logistics US $2012 233 91 39%
Low-income countries
 Ying et al. [37,38] Discordant couples Uganda Wages for other staff, start-up costs, office supplies, transport, building costs US $2012 Cost for 6 months: 408 (Partners Demo project)92 (Ministry of Health estimate) 30475 37%41%

aWhere year is missing, this was not specified in the article.

bThe drug costs include pharmacist markup and dispensing fees.