HIV screening and access to care

By Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care

Subjects: Care, HIV-positive persons, Hiv-positive persons, Patients, Aids (disease), patients, Government policy, HIV infections, Therapy, AIDS (Disease), Counseling of, HIV Infections, Treatment, Hiv infections

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."--