Kristine Lykens2019-08-222019-08-222006-12-012014-04-14https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/28025Wittenmyer, 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.application/pdfenDiseasesHealth PolicyHealth Services AdministrationHealth Services ResearchImmune System DiseasesLife SciencesMedicine and Health SciencesOther Public HealthPublic HealthSocial and Behavioral SciencesStudydisparitiesanti-retroviral drugshealth statusinsurance coverageHIV-positive adultsARVmedicationspublic programsdemographicspolicy recommendationsMedicareeligibilitydisabilityThesis