Economic evaluation of monitoring virologic responses to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings

• Main Authors: Karen Schneider, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Stephen Kerr, Matthew G. Law, David A. Cooper, Basil Donovan, Nittaya Phanuphak, Virat Sirisanthana, Jintanat Ananworanich, June Ohata, David P. Wilson
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79957636777&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50029
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Objective: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) management for HIV-infected children is critical in many resource-constrained countries. We investigated the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of different frequencies of monitoring plasma viral load among HIV-positive children initiating ART in a resource-l...