Research Article
Cost-Effectiveness of Improving Health Care to People with HIV in Nicaragua
Table 4
Cost-effectiveness analysis model inputs.
| Opportunistic infection (OI) risk | Estimate | Distribution | 95% CI |
| Preintervention | 0.38 | Binomial | 0.29–0.46 | Postintervention | 0.14 | Binomial | 0.08–0.19 | Difference | 0.24 | | 0.14–0.34 | Risk of inpatient hospitalization if diagnosed with an OI | | | | Preintervention | 0.79 | Binomial | 0.72–0.86 | Postintervention | 0.83 | Binomial | 0.77–0.90 | Average annual cost of care for person with HIV | | | | Preintervention | 374 | Normal | 275–485 | Postintervention | 241 | Normal | 182–309 | Difference | 133 | | 29–249 | Cost of OI treatment | | | | Inpatient | 1079 | Normal | 971–1187 | Outpatient | 687 | Normal | 618–755 |
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