Rationing HIV medications: what do patients and the public think about allocation policies?
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Many HIV patients and members of the public do not agree with the rationing policies many states have implemented to reduce the expense of HIV treatment. The policies include providing drugs on a first-come first-served basis, giving the most expensive drugs only to the sickest patients, placing limits on spending, limiting patient enrollment, and limiting the use of expensive drugs
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2001
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Who will enroll? Predicting participation in a phase II AIDS vaccine trial
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People who say they are definitely willing to participate in a trial of an AIDS vaccine are most likely to enroll, according to a study of 610 people at high risk for HIV infection. Twenty-nine percent of those who made this statement enrolled, compared to 8% who said they definitely would not participate, 7% who said they probably would not, and 16% who said they probably would.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2001
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A pilot trial of indinavir, ritonavir, didanosine, and lamivudine in a once-daily four-drug regimen for HIV infection
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A combination of four anti-HIV drugs taken once a day appears to be effective in suppressing HIV. This was the conclusion of a study of nine HIV patients who took didanosine, indinavir, ritonavir, and lamivudine once a day.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999)
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1525-4135
Year: 2001
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