Pre-exposure prophylaxis for preventing acquisition of HIV: A cross-sectional study of patients, prescribers, uptake, and spending in the United States, 2015-2016.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis for preventing acquisition of HIV: A cross-sectional study of patients, prescribers, uptake, and spending in the United States, 2015-2016.

BACKGROUND:In 2015, there were approximately 40,000 new HIV diagnoses in the United States. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective strategy that reduces the risk of HIV acquisition; however, uptake among those who can benefit from it has lagged. In this study, we 1) compared the characteris...

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Main Authors: Stephanie S Chan, Andre R Chappel, Karen E Joynt Maddox, Karen W Hoover, Ya-Lin A Huang, Weiming Zhu, Stacy M Cohen, Pamela W Klein, Nancy De Lew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-04-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003072

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