Association between U.S. State AIDS Drug Assistance Program

Association between U.S. State AIDS Drug Assistance Program

U.S. state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) are federally funded to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) as the payer of last resort to eligible persons with HIV infection. States differ regarding their financial contributions to and ways of implementing these programs, and it remains unclear h...

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Veröffentlicht in:PloS one 2013-11, Vol.8 (11), p.e78952
Hauptverfasser: Hanna, David B, Buchacz, Kate, Gebo, Kelly A, Hessol, Nancy A, Horberg, Michael A, Jacobson, Lisa P, Kirk, Gregory D, Kitahata, Mari M, Korthuis, P. Todd, Moore, Richard D, Napravnik, Sonia, Patel, Pragna, Silverberg, Michael J, Sterling, Timothy R, Willig, James H, Collier, Ann, Samji, Hasina, Thorne, Jennifer E, Althoff, Keri N, Martin, Jeffrey N, Rodriguez, Benigno, Stuart, Elizabeth A, Gange, Stephen J
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AIDS (Disease)
AIDS treatment
Antiretroviral agents
Drug therapy
Government aid
Health aspects
Highly active antiretroviral therapy
HIV
Infection
Medical research
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Zusammenfassung:U.S. state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) are federally funded to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) as the payer of last resort to eligible persons with HIV infection. States differ regarding their financial contributions to and ways of implementing these programs, and it remains unclear how this interstate variability affects HIV treatment outcomes. We analyzed data from HIV-infected individuals who were clinically-eligible for ART between 2001 and 2009 (i.e., a first reported CD4+
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0078952