Racial, gender and geographic disparities of antiretroviral treatment among US Medicaid enrolees in 1998

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 798-803

  King, W D ^a   Minor, P ^b   Ramirez Kitchen, C ^a   Ore L E ^a   Shoptaw, S ^a   Victorianne, G D ^a   Rust, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; AMPRENAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENDER DISPARITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEGRO; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50149098380     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.045567     Document Type: Article

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