Costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

Objective: To record the costs of hospital care for HIV-positive and -negative patients in Nairobi, and identify costs paid by patients per admission.

Design: Cost data were collected on inpatients enrolled in a linked clinical study using standardized costing methods.

Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi's main district hospital.