Fig 1.
Schematic of the integration of the geospatial model with the cost model to determine the optimized placement of POC instruments.
Table 1.
Modelled scenarios.
Table 2.
Key cost parameters and related assumptions.
Table 3.
ART facilities and POC candidate facilities.
Fig 2.
Illustration of the location of the 337 POC candidates (pink) relative to centralized laboratories, facilities reached through the STN and the unreached facilities that were not considered candidates for POC instrument placement.
Table 4.
Cost per viral load test by scenario for the hardest-to-reach patients.