Table 4 Identified attributes and levels for antiretroviral therapy to be included in a discrete choice experiment in Northwest Ethiopia, 2022
Attribute | Definition | Level |
|---|---|---|
Location of ART refills | The location where ART refills are provided | 1. Health facility (health center, hospital) |
2. Community | ||
3. Home | ||
Frequency of receiving ART refills | Frequency of regular visits (examples, for patients who feel well, with no new symptoms or concerns that require an irregular visit or consultation) | 1. Monthly |
2. Every 3 months | ||
3. Every 6 months | ||
Person providing ART refill | The person who delivers ART refill (counseling, symptom screening, adherence assessment and/or ARV distribution) | 1. Healthcare provider |
2. Health extension worker | ||
3. Experienced HIV patient | ||
Participants/others seen at the same ART refill visit | Individual appointment versus a group appointment that includes other patients on ART receiving care or family members | 1. Individual |
2. Group | ||
Medication refill pick up/delivery times | Days and times antiretroviral (ARV) medication refills are provided | 1. Monday–Friday only (8:30 am–5:30 pm) |
2. Monday–Friday (8:30 am–5:30 pm) plus early morning hours (opens at 6 am) | ||
1. Monday–Friday (8:30 am–5:30 pm) plus evening hours (open until 8 pm) | ||
2. Monday–Friday (8:30 am–5:30 pm) plus Saturday and Sunday | ||
Total cost of visit during antiretroviral (ARV) medication refill | Total cost, including transportation, direct medical costs (e.g., non-ARV drug costs) | 1. Free |
2. 250 Birr | ||
3. 500 Birr |