Table 1

CT studies

CitationAuthorDateCountryHIV prevalence (%)Target populationIntegration detailStudy scaleCosting methodsIntervention unit costsComparator units costsUnit
Studies with a non-integrated comparator
 W6Twarir1996Kenya10.50MCH/FP clients
  • Referral

  • Different structures

  • Pilot

  • 2 clinics

  • Financial

  • Incremental costs

  • Health services perspective

$12.77$18.42Client accessing all services
 W7Forsythe2002Kenya7.90General population
  • One stop

  • Same structure

  • Pilot

  • 3 PHC clinics

  • Economic

  • Incremental costs

  • Health services perspective

$11–$21$18–$35*Person tested
 W8Das2007India0.40SRH clients
  • One stop

  • Same structure

  • Pilot

  • 1 clinic

  • Financial

  • Full costs

  • Health services perspective

$3.51$5.24Client accessing RH and CT services
 W9Liambila2008Kenya6.70
  • FP clients

  • Hospitals and health centres

  • (1) Referral

    • Same or Different structures

  • (2) One stop

    • Same structure

  • (1) Pilot

    • 14 sites

  • (2) Pilot

    • 9 sites

  • Financial

  • Incremental costs

  • Health services perspective

  • (1) NA

  • (2) (a) $7.21

    • (b) $11.86

    • (c) $12.27

34.77*
  • (1) NA

  • (2) (a) Person tested (hospital)

    • (b) Person tested (health centre)

    • (c) Person tested (dispensary)

 W10Menzies2009Uganda6.50
  • (1) Hospital clients

  • (2) Families of HIV-positive clients/facility-based home outreach

  • (3) General population/facility-based home outreach

  • (1) One stop

    • Same structure

  • (2) One stop

    • Same structure

  • (3) One stop

    • Same structure

  • (1) Pilot

    • 1 hospital

  • (2) Pilot

    • 1 outreach site

  • (3) Pilot

    • 1 outreach site

  • Economic

  • Full costs (assumed)

  • Health services perspective

  • (1) (a) $12.43

    • (b) $15.68

    • (c) $45.87

  • (2) (a) $14.74

    • (b) $15.47

    • (c) $246.53

  • (3) (a) $8.82

    • (b) $9.80

    • (c) $174.46

  • (a) $20.50

  • (b) $31.61

  • (c) $107.05

  • (a) HCT client

  • (b) New CT client

  • (c) HIV-positive individual identified

CT integrated into PHC/SRH
 W11Thielman2006Tanzania6
  • General population

  • Community level

  • (1) One stop (free)

    • Same structure

  • (2) One stop (fee based)

    • Same structure

  • Pilot

  • 1 scheme

  • Incremental

  • Economic costs

  • Health services perspective

  • (1) (a) $8.80

    • (b) $5.40

  • (2) (a) $14.22

    • (b) $8.72

  • (a) Person tested

  • (b) DALY averted

 W12Chee2006Zambia13.8
  • Antenatal clients

  • Community and clinic level

  • One stop

  • Same structure

Pilot
  • Full

  • Financial costs

  • Health service perspective

  • (a) $3.24

  • (b) $427

  • (a) Beneficiary

  • (b) New CT acceptor

 W13Homan2006South Africa18.10
  • General population

  • FP clinics

  • One stop and referral

  • Same structure

  • Pilot

  • 18 clinics

  • Incremental

  • Financial costs

  • Health services perspective

  • (a) $5679–$7950

  • (b) $1817

  • (a) Staff training (per clinic)

  • (b) Annual supplies (per clinic)

 W14Reynolds2006Kenya6.60
  • CT clients

  • Clinic/Hospital

  • One stop

  • Same structure

  • Pilot

  • 14 sites

  • Incremental

  • Economic costs

  • Health service perspective

$399Person trained annually
 W15Mullick2008South Africa29.10
  • Family planning clients

  • Clinic/hospital

  • (1) One stop

    • Same structure

  • (2) Referral

    • Different structures

  • Pilot

  • 18 sites

  • Incremental

  • Economic costs

  • Health service perspective

  • (1) $7724

  • (2) $5452

Additional investment required
 W16Bratt2011Zambia13.50
  • (1) Hospital

  • (2) Hospital

  • (3) Clinic

  • (4) Hospital

  • (5) Health centre

  • (6) Health centre

  • (7) District hospital

  • (8) Clinic

  • (9) Health centre

  • (10) District hospital

  • (11) Mission hospital

  • (12) Central clinic

  • One stop

  • Same structure

  • At scale

  • 12 facilities costed

  • 219 facilities existing

  • Full

  • Economic costs

  • Health service perspective

  • (1) $9.23

  • (2) $9.89

  • (3) $24.54

  • (4) $14.18

  • (5) NA

  • (6) $19.24

  • (7) $21.83

  • (8) $26.04

  • (9) $30.25

  • (10) NA

  • (11) $20.29

  • (12) $14.69

Visit
CT integrated into TB
 W17Hausler2006South Africa17
  • (1) CT, ANC, TB and STI clients

  • Community health centre

  • (2) CT, ANC, TB and STI clients

  • PHC clinics

  • One stop and referral

  • Same structure

  • Pilot

  • 3 sites costed

  • 12 facilities existing

  • Full

  • Economic costs

  • Health service perspective

  • (1) (a) $29

    • (b) $113

    • (c) $216

  • (2) (a) $38

    • (b) $136

    • (c) $260

  • (a) Person accessing ProTest

  • (b) HIV infection averted by CT

  • (c) TB case prevented by CT

 W18Uhler2010India0.3
  • Patients with active TB

  • National model

  • (1) Selective referral

    • Different structures

  • (2) Targeted referral

    • Different structures

  • (3) Universal routine referral

    • Different structures

Model
  • Full

  • Costing not clear

  • Cost perspective not clear

  • (1) $103

  • (2) $114

  • (3) $124

Person lifetime
 W19Vassall2010Ethiopia4.40
  • TB/HIV patients

  • Hospitals

  • One stop and referral

  • Same structure

  • Pilot

  • 3 hospitals costed

  • 9 facilities existing

  • Full

  • Economic costs

  • Patent perspective

  • (1) $147

  • (2) $326

  • (3) $193

  • (a) Patient (TB only)

  • (b) Patient (HIV only)

  • (c) Patient (TB/HIV)

CT as an entry point for PMTCT
 W20Kumar2006India0.40
  • (1) ANC clients (universal)

  • (2) ANC clients (targeted)

  • One stop

  • Same structure

Model
  • Incremental

  • Economic costs

  • Health service and societal costs

  • (1) (a) $663.93

    • (b) $49.82

  • (2) (a) $543.02

    • (b) $23.35

  • (a) HIV infection prevented

  • (b) Year reduction on PYLLs

 W21Sweat2004
  • (1) Botswana

  • (2) Cote d'Ivoire

  • (3) Kenya

  • (4) Rwanda

  • (5) Tanzania

  • (6) Uganda

  • (7) Zambia

  • (8) Zimbabwe

  • (1) 25.8

  • (2) 5.3

  • (3) 7.1

  • (4) 3.2

  • (5) 6.4

  • (6) 6.4

  • (7) 14

  • (8) 19.8

ANC clients
  • One stop

  • Same structure

Pilot
  • Incremental

  • Costing not clear

  • Health services perspective

  • (1) (a) $2329

    • (b) $75

  • (2) (a) $11 924

    • (b) 399$

  • (3) (a) $5528

    • (b) $180

  • (4) (a) $2406

    • (b) $85

  • (5) (a) $2942

    • (b) $99

  • (6) (a) $6255

    • (b) $216

  • (7) (a) $3305

    • (b) $111

  • (8) (a) $4602

    • (b) $148

  • (a) Perinatal HIV infection averted

  • (b) DALY averted

 W22Perchal2006
  • (1) Ethiopia

  • (2) Ukraine

  • (1) 14–16

  • (2) 1.1

ANC clients
  • One stop

  • Same structure

Pilot
  • Incremental

  • Economic costs

  • Health services perspective

  • (1) (a) $25.74

    • (b) $6.92

  • (2) (a) $8.72

    • (b) $6.25

  • (a) User in the first year

  • (b) User in subsequent years

  • * Previously published cost estimate.

  • Costs adjusted to 2010 USD.

  • ANC, antenatal care; CT, counselling and testing; DALY, disability-adjusted life year; FP, family planning; MCH, maternal and child health; PHC, primary healthcare; PMTCT, prevention of mother-to-child transmission; SRH, sexual and reproductive health; STI, sexually transmitted infection; TB, tuberculosis; RH, reproductive health; PYLL, potential years of life lost.