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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 26.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2019 Dec 22;40(1):3–16. doi: 10.1177/0272989X19889356

Table 3.

Model parameters selected as free-parameters by Morris Method

Common Parameter ATL BAL LA MIA NYC SEA
1.3 Population Dynamics - Mortality Rate
PLHIV (CD4 200-499)
PLHIV (CD4 <200)
PLHIV - PWID multiplier (CD4 200-499)
PLHIV - PWID multiplier (CD4 <200)
2.1 Sexual Risk Behaviors - Number of Sexual Partner Multipliers
PWID relative to HET
Decrease in sexual partners post-diagnosis
2.2 Injection Risk Behaviors
Injection frequency
Decreased probability of injection sharing post-diagnosis
SSP effect on reducing injection sharing
2.4 Probability of Transmission (per partnership)
Sex - Female to Male (CD4 ≥500)
Sex - Female to Male (CD4 200-499)
Sex - Female to Male (CD4 <200)
Sex - Male to Female (CD4 ≥500)
Sex - Male to Female (CD4 200-499)
Sex - Male to Female (CD4 <200)
Sex - Male to Male (CD4 ≥500)
Sex - Male to Male (CD4 200-499)
Sex - Male to Male (CD4 <200)
Shared injection (CD4 ≥500)
Shared injection (CD4 200-499)
Shared injection (CD4 ≥200)
Transmission probability multiplier (Acute HIV)
ART effect on reducing transmission - Sexual
ART effect on reducing transmission - Shared Injection
Condom effect on reducing transmission - Heterosexual Sex
Condom effect on reducing transmission - Homosexual Sex
3.1 HIV Testing - Annual Change in HIV Testing Rate
3.5 HIV Disease Progression Transition Rate from Acute to Chronic HIV
City-Specific Parameter ATL BAL LA MIA NYC SEA

2.1 Sexual Risk Behaviors - Number of Sexual Partners
Heterosexual partners, White, Low-risk MSM
Heterosexual partners, White, High-risk MSM
Heterosexual partners, Black, High-risk MSM
Heterosexual partners, Hispanic, High-risk MSM
Heterosexual partners, Male, White, High-risk HET
Heterosexual partners, Male, Black, High-risk HET
Heterosexual partners, Female, White, High-risk HET
Heterosexual partners, Female, Black, High-risk HET
Heterosexual partners, Female, Hispanic, High-risk HET
Homosexual partners, White, Low-risk MSM
Homosexual partners, Black, Low-risk MSM
Homosexual partners, White, High-risk MSM
Homosexual partners, Black, High-risk MSM
Homosexual partners, Hispanic, High-risk MSM
2.1 Sexual Risk Behaviors - Condom Use Probability
Heterosexual, Male, White, High-risk HET
Homosexual, Male, White, Low-risk MSM
Homosexual, Male, Black, Low-risk MSM
Homosexual, Male, Hispanic, Low-risk MSM
Homosexual, Male, White, High-risk MSM
Homosexual, Male, Black, High-risk MSM
Homosexual, Male, Hispanic, High-risk MSM
2.1 Assortativeness of Heterosexual Partnership Paring, High-risk Black
3.2 ART Initiation
Proportion linked to care post-diagnosis (CD4 ≥500), Male, Black, PWID
Proportion linked to care post-diagnosis (CD4 ≥500), Female, Black, PWID

ATL: Atlanta; BAL: Baltimore; LA: Los Angeles; MIA: Miami; NYC: New York City; SEA: Seattle; Checked cells represent parameters selected for calibration.