Open AccessCost-Effectiveness of Free HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing Through a Community-Based AIDS Service Organization in Northern Tanzania
Author(s) -
Nathan M. Thielman,
Helen Y. Chu,
Jan Ostermann,
Dafrosa Itemba,
Anna Mgonja,
Sabina Mtweve,
John A. Bartlett,
John F. Shao,
John A. Crump
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2004.056796
Subject(s) - voluntary counseling and testing , tanzania , medicine , turnover , cost effectiveness , family medicine , confidence interval , environmental health , demography , population , health services , health facility , geography , risk analysis (engineering) , management , sociology , economics , environmental planning
We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of fee-based and free testing strategies at an HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) program integrated into a community-based AIDS service organization in Moshi, Tanzania.