Tabana, HananiNkonki, LungiswaHongoro, CharlesDoherty, Tanya2022-11-162022-11-162015Tabana H, Nkonki L, Hongoro C, Doherty T, Ekström AM, Naik R, et al. (2015) A Cost- Effectiveness Analysis of a Home-Based HIV Counselling and Testing Intervention versus the Standard (Facility Based) HIV Testing Strategy in Rural South Africa. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0135048. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135048doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0135048http://hdl.handle.net/10566/8171Introduction There is growing evidence concerning the acceptability and feasibility of home-based HIV testing. However, less is known about the cost-effectiveness of the approach yet it is a critical component to guide decisions about scaling up access to HIV testing. This study examined the cost-effectiveness of a home-based HIV testing intervention in rural South Africa. Methods Two alternatives: clinic and home-based HIV counselling and testing were compared. Costs were analysed from a provider’s perspective for the period of January to December 2010. The outcome, HIV counselling and testing (HCT) uptake was obtained from the Good Start home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBHCT) cluster randomised control trial undertaken in KwaZulu-Natal province. Cost-effectiveness was estimated for a target population of 22,099 versus 23,864 people for intervention and control communities respectively. Average costs were calculated as the cost per client tested, while cost-effectiveness was calculated as the cost per additional client tested through HBHCT.enHIV/AIDSTestingCounsellingArticle