A Study of Disparities in the Receipt of Anti-Retroviral Drugs, Health Status, and Insurance Coverage Among a Sample of HIV-Positive Adults
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Wittenmyer, Brian F., A Study of Disparities in the Receipt of Anti-Retroviral Drugs, Health Status, and Insurance Coverage among a Sample of HIV-Positive Adults. Master of Public Health (Health Management and Policy), December 2006, 88 pp., 8 tables, references, 32 titles. Anti-retroviral medications (ARV) are effective at treating HIV/AIDS. Medicare, Medicaid, and ADAP are public programs that supply ARVs to needy patients in the U.S. Studies have documented dispartities in AIDS incidence/prevalence, insurance, and ARV-use. The study described demographic, clinical, and insurance characteristics of a sample of HIV+ persons. The study explored relationships between AIDS diagnosis, health status, and ARV-receipt and demographic, insurance, and clinical variables. Disparities in ARV-receipt, AIDS diagnosis, and health-status were found for gender, age, race, geographic region, and SES. Policy recommendations included: shortening the disability waiting-period for Medicare-eligibility, and relaxing Medicaid’s income-eligibility requirements.
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Health Policy
Health Services Administration
Health Services Research
Immune System Diseases
Life Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Other Public Health
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Study
disparities
anti-retroviral drugs
health status
insurance coverage
HIV-positive adults
ARV
medications
public programs
demographics
policy recommendations
Medicare
eligibility
disability