Inaccessible Miracles? Women's Access to HIV/AIDS Medications

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowleg, Lisa, author.

Wolfe, Leslie R., author.

Viruell-Fuentes, Edna Amparo, author.

Castaneda, Rosa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HIV-positive women--Washington (D.C.)--Medical care.

HIV-positive women.

HIV-positive women--Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

United States: Center for Women Policy Studies, 1999.

Summary:

The Center for Women Policy Studies designed this study to learn about women's experiences with access to HIV/AIDS medications. Eighty-five women living with HIV/AIDS in the Washington, DC metropolitan area responded to an anonymous questionnaire. Women in the study were for the most part knowledgeable about various HIV/AIDS medications, including protease inhibitors, and about ways to gain access to these drugs. However, although most of the women in the study (77 percent) reported taking HIV/AIDS medications, women were far more likely to take single retroviral medications than combination drugs or protease inhibitors. Women also were most likely to be covered by Medicaid rather than by private insurance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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