HIV screening and access to care
Subtitle: exploring the impact of policies on access to and provision of HIV Care
By: Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780309164191
Subjects: Government policy; Counseling of; HIV-positive persons; Patients; Treatment; AIDS (Disease); HIV infections; Care
Description: "With the widespread use of highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART), HIV has become a chronic, rather than a fatal, disease. But for their treatment to succeed, patients require uninterrupted care from a health care provider and uninterrupted access to anti-HIV medications. The IOM identifies federal, state, and private health insurance policies that inhibit HIV-positive individuals from initiating or continuing their care."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.65-73).

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