Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Elaine Baruwa

Publications

• Research Article
  Costs and Efficiency of Integrating Family Planning into Anti retroviral Therapy Services in Zambia: A Mixed Method Comparison of the Fully Integrated Versus Referral Models
  Author(s): Sophie Faye, Benjamin Johns and Elaine BaruwaSophie Faye, Benjamin Johns and Elaine Baruwa
  
  Background: Integrating HIV and family planning (FP) services can improve health outcomes, continuity of care, and efficiency. However studies on its cost-efficiency are lacking. The objective of this study is to assess and compare the cost-efficiency of two models of FP/HIV integration in Zambia. Methods: We considered two integration models – “internal referral” (IR), where patients receive FP counselling within the HIV clinic and a referral to the FP clinic in the same facility for FP method, and “one-stopshop” (OSS), where patients receive FP counselling and a FP method within the HIV clinic. We compared the efficiency of the models using the unit cost per antiretroviral therapy (ART) patient provided with FP services. We also computed the percentage of missed opportunities for FP services provision; when pati.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000738

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