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Table 3 Costs of HIV/AIDS intervention methods.

From: Can we spend our way out of the AIDS epidemic? A world halting AIDS model

Intervention

Cost (USD)

Reference

HIV testing in low-income countries

200-4000 per test

[74]

Combination antiretroviral therapy in high-income countries

10000-15000 per patient year

[75]

Combination antiretroviral therapy in low-income countries

350-4000 per patient year

[75–79]

Costs of monitoring viral load and cell count

25-100 per test

[76]

Health education

500-3000 per patient

[77, 80, 81]

Patient out-of-pocket expenses to receive medical care in a low-income area

60-250

[77]

Adult male cirumcision

40-100

[82]

Male condom

0.02 per condom

[25]