Equity in the use of antiretroviral treatment in the public health care system in urban South Africa

Health Policy

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Cleary, Susan ^a   Silal, Sheetal ^a   Birch, Stephen ^a,b,e   Carrara, Henri ^c   Pillay van Wyk, Victoria ^d   Rehle, Thomas ^a,c   Schneider, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Health care access; HIV AIDS; Socioeconomic inequalities in use

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79551576071     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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