%0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %T HIV Screening and Access to Care: Exploring the Impact of Policies on Access to and Provision of HIV Care %@ 978-0-309-16419-1 %D 2011 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13057/hiv-screening-and-access-to-care-exploring-the-impact-of %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13057/hiv-screening-and-access-to-care-exploring-the-impact-of %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 114 %R doi:10.17226/13057 %X With the widespread use of highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART), HIV has become a chronic, rather than a fatal, disease. But for their treatment to succeed, patients require uninterrupted care from a health care provider and uninterrupted access to anti-HIV medications. The IOM identifies federal, state, and private health insurance policies that inhibit HIV-positive individuals from initiating or continuing their care.