TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine TI - HIV Screening and Access to Care: Exploring the Impact of Policies on Access to and Provision of HIV Care SN - 978-0-309-16419-1 DO - 10.17226/13057 PY - 2011 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13057/hiv-screening-and-access-to-care-exploring-the-impact-of PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine AB - 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. ER -