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Trial reportBMC research notes2026

Healthcare resource use among participants in a randomized trial of partner-based HIV treatment for seroconcordant couples in antenatal and postnatal care in rural Mozambique.

Elif Coskun, Erin Graves, Caroline De Schacht, Carolyn M Audet, Arifo Aboobacar, Alyssa K Amick, Dina Ashour, Almiro Emílio, Clare F Flanagan, Ariano Matino and 3 more

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13 authors.

Elif CoskunMedical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1600, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. ecoskun1@mgh.harvard.edu.
Erin GravesVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Caroline De SchachtFriends in Global Health (FGH), Maputo, Maputo Province, Mozambique.
Carolyn M AudetVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Arifo AboobacarZambézia Provincial Health Department (DPS-Z), Quelimane, Zambézia Province, Mozambique.
Alyssa K AmickMedical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1600, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Dina AshourMedical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1600, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Almiro EmílioFriends in Global Health (FGH), Quelimane, Zambézia Province, Mozambique.
Clare F FlanaganMedical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1600, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Ariano MatinoFriends in Global Health (FGH), Quelimane, Zambézia Province, Mozambique.
Bryan E ShepherdVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Andrea L CiaranelloMedical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1600, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
Caitlin M DugdaleMedical Practice Evaluation Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 1600, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.

Funding

Partners-based HIV Treatment for Sero-concordant Couples attending Antenatal Care: Increasing family-based support for PrEP adherence among discordant couples through storytellingR01MH113478 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI AUDET, CAROLYN · 2017 to 2021
$3.2M
Reaching for the end of pediatric AIDS: Modeling strategies to strengthen the maternal-child HIV care continuum and eliminate vertical HIV transmission.R37HD079214 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Andrea Lynne Ciaranello · 2024 to 2026
$3.0M
Modeling the Effects of HIV, Chlamydia, and Gonorrhea in Mother-Infant Pairs in Botswana.K08HD101342 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI DUGDALE, CAITLIN · 2020 to 2024
$897k
NICHD NIH HHS K08 HD101342NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD079214NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH113478NIMH NIH HHS R01MH113478
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe healthcare resource use in rural Mozambique among postpartum women with HIV, their seroconcordant male partners (MPs), and their infants to estimate costs and inform program planning.

methodsWe collected self-reported resource use data alongside a clinical trial and used WHO-CHOICE methodology to estimate associated healthcare costs.

resultsWe enrolled 927 postpartum women with HIV, 836 MPs, and 756 infants from birth/delivery to 18 months postpartum. We found that 55%, 38% and 8% of women had 0, 1-2, and ≥ 3 health center visits during the first postpartum month, whereas 44%, 47%, and 8% of infants had 0, 1-2, and ≥ 3 health center visits during the same period. 77%, 18%, and 5% of women and 77%, 20%, and 3% of infants spent 0, 1-2, and ≥ 3 nights in a hospital, respectively. From 15 to 18 months postpartum, 38%, 50%, and 12% of women, 45%, 47%, and 8% of MPs, and 33%, 55%, and 12% of infants had 0, 1-2, and ≥ 3 health center visits; hospitalization was infrequent. Average per-person costs of inpatient and outpatient care in the first month postpartum were $4.34-$5.36 and $2.15-3.40, respectively.

conclusionOverall healthcare resource use was low for this population in rural Mozambique in the 18 months after birth/delivery.

Indexed as

Health ResourcesHIV InfectionsPatient Acceptance of Health CarePostnatal CarePrenatal CareSexual PartnersAdultFemaleHealth Care CostsHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMozambiquePregnancyRural PopulationCostsHIVMozambiquePostnatal careResource use

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PMID41877279
PMCPMC13134122

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