A cost-effectiveness analysis of a home-based HIV counselling and testing intervention versus the standard (facility based) HIV testing strategy in rural South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Tabana, Hanani ^a,b,c   Nkonki, Lungiswa ^e   Hongoro, Charles ^h   Doherty, Tanya ^a,c   Ekström, Anna Mia ^b,d   Naik, Reshma ^a,f,g   Zembe Mkabile, Wanga ^a   Jackson, Debra ^c   Thorson, Anna ^b,d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Population Reference Bureau   (United States)

^h HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIV TEST; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; COST; COUNSELING; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; PROCEDURES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84942869122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135048     Document Type: Article

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