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Table 2 Patient costs, by site (US dollars)

From: Cost analysis of centralized viral load testing for antiretroviral therapy monitoring in Nicaragua, a low-HIV prevalence, low-resource setting

SCS site

1

2

3

4

5

6

Transportation*

1.23

(0.42/4.50)

1.54

(0.42/3.83)

2.13

(0.42/3.83)

2.85

(0.37/7.73)

6.64

(1.05/40.05)

5.68

(1.05/105.20)

Lodging*

0.1

(0/0.10)

1.74

(0/4.34)

1.16

(0/6.31)

0

(0/0)

2.28

(0/6.48)

1.78

(0/23.67)

Food*

0.86

(0.81/1.10)

2.26

(1.05/3.42)

3.37

(1.58/5.52)

2.17

(1.05/3.42)

3.37

(0/11.67)

4.63

(2.63/26.83)

Lost income*

1.40

(0.91/3.42)

3.36

(1.31/5.25)

2.12(1.06/4.25)

2.39

(0.42/6.66)

2.64

(0.0/10.82)

2.54

(1.15/18.44)

Total weighted average

3.70

8.90

8.78

10.27

14.93

14.62

Total median

2.14

5.88

7.71

8.13

1.69

4.83

Min/max

2.14/8.97

2.78/16.85

3.07/19.92

2.20/25.54

1.05/69.03

4.83/174.14

  1. *Minimum and maximum costs are provided in parentheses.