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Caring for people with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Article Abstract:

Much could be done to improve the provision of care to HIV patients. Currently, this care is fragmented because many patients do not have private health insurance and must rely on Medicare, Medicaid or pay the costs themselves. A 1998 study found that the annual cost of providing medical care to HIV patients was less than 1% of the annual health care expenditures in the US. The federal government should use its vast purchasing power to negotiate discounts for AIDS drugs. It could also expand Medicaid and pay for care before symptoms begin.

Analysis, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs

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Antiretroviral medications - From Thailand to Africa

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The Thai pharmaceutical chemist, Krishna Kraisintu, who helped to spearhead her nation's response to AIDS, has embarked on a self-assigned mission - to bring affordable antiretroviral treatment to three African countries. Kraisintu states that she is motivated by a sense of fairness and a view of AIDS as a social as well as a health problem.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Science & research, Thailand, Chemists, Research, Pharmaceutical research, Kraisintu, Krishna

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Providing antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection

Article Abstract:

Antiretroviral drugs can save money even though they are expensive because they reduce hospital costs. However, their high initial cost places them out of reach of many poor patients. State and federal governments could do more to negotiate price discounts and expand testing facilities.

Drug therapy, Anti-HIV agents

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