Research Article

Cost-Effectiveness of Improving Health Care to People with HIV in Nicaragua

Table 4

Cost-effectiveness analysis model inputs.

Opportunistic infection (OI) riskEstimateDistribution95% CI

 Preintervention0.38Binomial0.29–0.46
 Postintervention0.14Binomial0.08–0.19
 Difference0.240.14–0.34
Risk of inpatient hospitalization if diagnosed with an OI
 Preintervention0.79Binomial0.72–0.86
 Postintervention0.83Binomial0.77–0.90
Average annual cost of care for person with HIV
 Preintervention374Normal275–485
 Postintervention241Normal182–309
 Difference13329–249
Cost of OI treatment
 Inpatient1079Normal971–1187
 Outpatient687Normal618–755