Barriers to HIV care: An exploration of the complexities that influence engagement in and utilization of treatment

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 934-945

  Cavaleri, Mary A ^a   Kalogerogiannis, Kosta ^b   Mckay, Mary M ^c   Vitale, Laura ^c   Levi, Erika ^c   Jones, Sian ^d   Wallach, Fran ^c   Flynn, Erin ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to medical care; HIV service use; HIV treatment engagement and adherence; Patient compliance

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMBULATORY CARE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78649467940     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2010.514563     Document Type: Article

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