TY - JOUR AU - Chiwaula, Levison Stanely AU - Chirwa, Gowokani Chijere AU - Caltado, Fabian AU - Kapito-Tembo, Atupele AU - Hosseinipour, Mina C. AU - van Lettow, Monique AU - Tweya, Hannock AU - Kayoyo, Virginia AU - Khangamwa-Kaunda, Blessings AU - Kasende, Florence AU - Trapence, Clement AU - Gugsa, Salem AU - Rosenberg, Nora E. AU - Eliya, Michael AU - Phiri, Sam AU - For PURE Malawi Consortium PY - 2016 DA - 2016/04/19 TI - The value of informal care in the context of option B+ in Malawi: a contingent valuation approach JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 136 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Informal care, the health care provided by the patient’s social network is important in low income settings although its monetary value is rarely estimated. The lack of estimates of the value of informal care has led to its omission in economic evaluations but this can result in incorrect decisions about cost effectiveness of an intervention. We explore the use of contingent valuation methods of willingness to pay (WTP) and willingness to accept (WTA) to estimate the value of informal care provided to HIV infected women that are accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) under the Option B+ approach to prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Malawi. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1381-y DO - 10.1186/s12913-016-1381-y ID - Chiwaula2016 ER -