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Access to HIV Medication in the Community Versus a Nursing Home for the Medicare Eligible HIV population

Access to appropriate antiretroviral therapy (ART) is key to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) living a near normal life time, which has resulted in increasing numbers of PLWH requiring nursing home care for age-related reasons. However, one study found that 21% of Medicare eligible PLWH in US nurs...

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Autor principal: Olivieri-Mui, Brianne L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public Health Association 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34467032
http://dx.doi.org/10.32481/djph.2019.05.012
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Sumario:Access to appropriate antiretroviral therapy (ART) is key to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) living a near normal life time, which has resulted in increasing numbers of PLWH requiring nursing home care for age-related reasons. However, one study found that 21% of Medicare eligible PLWH in US nursing homes between 2011 and 2013 were not dispensed ART through the nursing home pharmacy. Cost-sharing assistance programs exist to facilitate access to medications for low-income community dwelling older adults, but these programs do not necessarily extend to people admitted to a nursing home, which may cause interruptions in access to ART for PLWH in this setting. Policies may need to be updated to reduce drug-related financial burden to PLWH and nursing homes in order to maintain continued access to ART in the nursing home setting.