HIV screening and access to care

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

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