2021
Moving away from the "unit cost". Predicting country-specific average cost curves of VMMC services accounting for variations in service delivery platforms in sub-Saharan Africa
Bautista-Arredondo S, Pineda-Antunez C, Cerecero-Garcia D, Cameron DB, Alexander L, Chiwevu C, Forsythe S, Tchuenche M, Dow WH, Kahn J, Gomez GB, Vassall A, Bollinger LA, Levin C. Moving away from the "unit cost". Predicting country-specific average cost curves of VMMC services accounting for variations in service delivery platforms in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0249076. PMID: 33886576, PMCID: PMC8062035, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnit costCost curvesAverage cost curveCost variationMean unit costEconomies of scaleUnit cost curvesKey cost driversAverage unit costHigh unit costEconometric modelEfficiency implicationsSub-Saharan AfricaPrivate ownershipFunding decisionsSub-Saharan countriesEmpirical dataPolicy makersSignificant determinantsCost estimatesCost studiesAverage costCost driversCountriesAvailability of units
2019
The state of costing research for HIV interventions in sub-Saharan Africa
Cameron DB, Diab M, Carroll LN, Bollinger LA, Plosky W, Levin C, Herzel B, Marseille E, Alexander L, Bautista-Arredondo S, Pineda-Antunez C, Cerecero-García D, Gomez GB, Dow WH, Kahn JG. The state of costing research for HIV interventions in sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal Of AIDS Research 2019, 18: 277-288. PMID: 31779568, DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2019.1679200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV interventionsVolume of HIVCost dataCost-effectiveness analysisType of interventionMiddle-income countriesHIV servicesTB interventionsHealth interventionsInconsistent reportingSystematic searchInterventionHIVConsistent reportingGlobal health interventionsSaharan AfricaUrbanicitySub-Saharan Africa