Full cost per POC test^*.

*<p>Assumes the 3% of failures are not retested or full labor costs are incurred for repeating test. Minor labor savings are possible with repeat testing immediately after the failure.</p

Unadjusted and adjusted predictors of attrition, virologic suppression, and treatment failure among patients initiated on a tenofovir-based ART regimen between April 2010 and June 2011 at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.

<p>Unadjusted and adjusted predictors of attrition, virologic suppression, and treatment failure among patients initiated on a tenofovir-based ART regimen between April 2010 and June 2011 at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.</p

Patient characteristics at ART initiation and treatment outcomes for patients initiating a tenofovir based regimen at the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa.

*<p>Among patients with at least 1 viral load between 1 month and 1 year after ART initiation.</p>+<p>Among patients with at least 1 viral load after 4 months on treatment.</p

Salary cost per working hour and per test.

<p>Salary cost per working hour and per test.</p

Costs for daily quality control.

<p>Costs for daily quality control.</p

Equipment costs*.

<p>Equipment costs*.</p

Material costs per POC test^*.

*<p>Exchange rate = 7.5 R/$US. All costs include South Africa's value-added tax (14%). Glove cost per test based on 500 powder-free gloves for R29 (National Health Laboratory System). Sample collection kit based on price quote from Alere R501.60 per 100). Test cartridge cost based on price quote from Alere (R5,969.04 for package of 100). Printing cost per test based on R1114.92 per package of printer rolls (10 rolls per pack, 50 reports per roll from Printer documentation).</p

Staff time per POC test.

<p>Staff time per POC test.</p

Number of tests completed per day and per year.

<p>Note: Days per month from <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0035444#pone-0035444-t004" target="_blank">Table 4</a>.</p

Average resource utilization and selected unit costs for the study sample (<i>n</i> = 2,160) over 12 mo from the date of down-referral eligibility.

a<p>Costs were converted to US dollars at a rate of R8.40 to US$1.00.</p