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