Out-of-pocket costs of HAART limit HIV treatment responses in Botswana's private sector

Gregory P. Bisson; Ian Frank; Robert Gross; Vincent Lo Re; Jordan B. Strom; Xingmei Wang; Mpho Mogorosi; Tendani Gaolathe; Ndwapi Ndwapi; Harvey Friedman; Brian L. Strom; Diana Dickinson

doi:10.1097/01.aids.0000232245.36039.2b

Out-of-pocket costs of HAART limit HIV treatment responses in Botswana's private sector

Gregory P. Bisson, Ian Frank, Robert Gross, Vincent Lo Re, Jordan B. Strom, Xingmei Wang, Mpho Mogorosi, Tendani Gaolathe, Ndwapi Ndwapi, Harvey Friedman, Brian L. Strom, Diana Dickinson

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A large number of HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa pay out-of-pocket for HAART. This analysis from Botswana indicates that higher median out-of-pocket regimen costs to patients for the initial 30 days of HAART are associated with failure to achieve a viral load< 400 copies/ml [US$32; interquartile range (IQR), 20-84 compared with US$22; (IQR, 17-36), P = 0.001]. HAART costs should be minimized as scale-up efforts in sub-Saharan Africa progress.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1333-1336
Number of pages	4
Journal	AIDS
Volume	20
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.aids.0000232245.36039.2b
State	Published - Jun 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Immunology and Allergy
Immunology
Infectious Diseases

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Out-of-pocket costs of HAART limit HIV treatment responses in Botswana's private sector

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