Administrative and Related Barriers to Covering the Costs of Preexposure Prophylaxis at a Safety-net Clinic in Seattle, Washington. (10th March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McMahan, Vanessa M; McCanta, Lanny; Tran, Dominic; Herrera, Luis; Viquez, Luis; Swanson, Fred; Crutsinger-Perry, Beth; Baeten, Jared M; Katz, Aaron; Stekler, Joanne D
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 71:Number 9(2020)
• Page Start: 2509
• Page End: 2512
• Publication Date: 2020-03-10
• Subjects: HIV -- preexposure prophylaxis -- health insurance; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa187
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: One barrier to human immunodeficiency virus preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is lack or perceived lack of health insurance or financial assistance. We performed a medical records review at a safety-net PrEP clinic in Seattle, Washington, and found that barriers to obtaining financial assistance were commonly recorded in association with initiation and persistence on PrEP.