Research Article

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Hospitalization and Home-Based Care Strategies for People Living with HIV/AIDS: The Case of Zimbabwe

Table 1

Parameter values used in the simulations.

Parameter Symbol Values Source

Proportion of people using condoms(0.55, 0.65, 0.75, 0.90, 0.85)Estimate
Condom cost per person per year US$2.50 Estimate
Screening cost per person per year US$20 [19]
Hospital cost per person per year US$2000 Estimate
CHBC cost per person per year US$500 [20]
Running costsUS$5000Estimate
Discount rate 5% [21]
Quality adjustment for a year of life in disease stage (1, 0.83,0.42, 0.65, 0.171)[22]