Table 4

Determinants of HIVST average costs at programme level

ParametersModel 1Model 2Model 3Model 4Model 5
EstimateSEEstimateSEEstimateSEEstimateSEEstimateSE
Constant3.501***0.1253.428***0.3353.135***0.3902.395***0.4053.153***0.437
Scale (in thousands)−1.261***0.250−1.935***0.316−1.889***0.319−1.529***0.314−1.578***0.291
Scale∧2 (in millions)0.388***0.1320.684***0.1490.656***0.1500.492***0.1460.553***0.137
Scale∧3 (in billions)−0.036**0.016−0.068***0.018−0.064***0.018−0.046***0.017−0.056***0.016
Campaign-style0.364***0.1010.392***0.1040.1690.1080.174*0.100
Efficiency0.0500.0950.0710.0930.171*0.095−0.0490.109
% HIVST kits distributed to men0.533**0.2460.737***0.2280.511**0.221
% HIVST kits distributed to people who never tested for HIV−0.5570.769−1.236*0.722−0.0970.748
Distance (in thousands)1.062***0.2790.603**0.292
Positivity0.0710.3520.1770.327
HTS average cost−0.0010.006−0.0040.006
Price_level (in thousands)0.139***0.041
No. of observations7474747474
R20.510.630.660.740.78
R2 adjusted0.490.600.620.690.74
  • ***P<0.01, **p<0.05, *p<0.10.

  • HIVST, HIV self-testing; SE, Standard error.