Financial barriers to HIV treatment in Yaoundé, Cameroon: first results of a national cross-sectional survey

Financial barriers to HIV treatment in Yaoundé, Cameroon: first results of a national cross-sectional survey

OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent to which user fees for antiretroviral therapy (ART) represent a financial barrier to access to ART among HIV-positive patients in Yaoundé, Cameroon. METHODS: Sociodemographic, economic and clinical data were collected from a random sample of 707 HIV-positive patients...

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Main Authors: Sylvie Boyer, Fabienne Marcellin, Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, Séverin-Cécile Abega, Robert Nantchouang, Bruno Spire, Jean-Paul Moatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2009-04-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862009000400013&lng=en&tlng=en

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