Cost analyses of peer health worker and mHealth support interventions for improving Aids care in Rakai, Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19441109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larry W Chang (0000-0001-7985-4567, Johns Hopkins Medicine, corresponding author), Joseph Kagaayi (0000-0003-4101-3038, Rakai Health Sciences Program), Gertrude Nakigozi (0000-0001-6193-2790, Rakai Health Sciences Program), David Serwada (Rakai Health Sciences Program), Thomas C Quinn (0000-0002-0404-1315, National Institutes of Health), Ronald H Gray (0000-0003-1952-6507, Johns Hopkins University), Robert C Bollinger (0000-0002-6798-6834, Johns Hopkins Medicine), Steven J Reynolds (0000-0002-5403-2759, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), David Holtgrave, David R Holtgrave (0000-0002-4321-7395, Johns Hopkins University) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 652-656 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540121.2012.722600 |
| PMID | 22971113 |
| PMCID | PMC3773472 |
| OpenAlex | W2023709198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
A cost analysis study calculates resources needed to deliver an intervention and can provide useful information on affordability for service providers and policy-makers. We conducted cost analyses of both a peer health worker (PHW) and a mHealth (mobile phone) support intervention. Excluding supervisory staffing costs, total yearly costs for the PHW intervention was $8475, resulting in a yearly cost per patient of $8.74, per virologic failure averted cost of $189, and per patient lost to follow-up averted cost of $1025. Including supervisory staffing costs increased total yearly costs to $14,991. Yearly costs of the mHealth intervention were an additional $1046, resulting in a yearly cost per patient of $2.35. In a threshold analysis, the PHW intervention was found to be cost saving if it was able to avert 1.50 patients per year from switching to second-line antiretroviral therapy. Other AIDS care programs may find these intervention costs affordable
Business · Cost analysis · Cost–benefit analysis · Economic growth · Health care · mHealth · Operations research · Psychological intervention · Staffing · Total cost · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Nursing
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |