Research Article
The Incremental Cost of Delivering PrEP as a Bridge to ART for HIV Serodiscordant Couples in Public HIV Care Clinics in Kenya
Table 2
Annual cost (2015 USD) of delivering integrated PrEP and ART to HIV serodiscordant couples.
| Type of cost | Scenario 1: As-studied with research costs | Scenario 2: Substituting Ministry of Health costs |
| Number of enrolled couples per scenario | 521 | 1444 |
| Total cost | $757,483.58 | $361,304.58 |
| Personnel | $352,156.45 | $82,200.00 |
| Medication | $166,608.84 | $207,235.34 |
| Laboratory tests | $103,094.95 | $45,825.24 |
| Supplies | $66,587.00 | $20,651.04 |
| Building and Vehicle costs | $37,769.21 | $1,200.00 |
| Recruitment activities | $29,527.00 | $3875.00 |
| Start up activities | $1,740.13 | $317.97 |
| Cost per couple | $1,454.87 | $ 250.19 |
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Medication and laboratory costs increase since the number of clients that can be attended to increases when the research component is excluded. |