HIV/AIDS

Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital discuss research in HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 14th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) provide antiretroviral medications to patients with no acccss to medications. Resource constraints limit the ability of many ADAPs to meet demand for services."

"To determine ADAP eligibility criteria that minimize morbidity and mortality and contain costs. We used Discrete Event Simulation to model the progression of HIV-infected patients and track the utilization of all ADAP. included 5-year mortality and incidence of first opportunistic infection or death and time to starting antiretroviral therapy (ART). We compared expected outcomes for 2 policies: (1) first-come...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-09-14)

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