A comparative analysis of outpatient costs in HIV treatment programs

Cost-Effectiveness of a Care Program for HIV/AIDS Patients Affiliated with a Health Insurer in Colombia, Comparing Three Health Care Providers Nationwide

“…Furthermore, on evaluating the impact of the severity of the disease on the total cost of care, it was observed that the cost of controlled patients (health state 1) was three times lower than that of patients found in health state 5, which is consistent with published studies in which the cost of care for patients in advanced health states is 2 to 16 times the cost of care of the controlled patients [18,20,[44][45][46].…”