Examining geographic and socio-economic differences in outpatient and inpatient consumer expenditures for treating HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

The authors examined the cost of household HIV/AIDS treatment to quantify the magnitude of the economic burden of HIV/AIDS to different population groups in Nigeria. Improving access to HIV treatment services and introducing financial risk protection mechanisms, such as health insurance, will reduce costs for people living with HIV and their households. The information in the study will provide a basis for increased action toward a reduction of household economic burden caused by HIV/AIDS treatment.