Abandonment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis Prescriptions at Retail Pharmacies—United States, 2019 | Zendy

Ya Lin A Huang | Zendy; Weiming Zhu | Zendy; Neal Carnes | Zendy; Karen W. Hoover | Zendy

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Abandonment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis Prescriptions at Retail Pharmacies—United States, 2019

Author(s) -

Ya Lin A Huang,

Weiming Zhu,

Neal Carnes,

Karen W. Hoover

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciac009

Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , copayment , pharmacy , abandonment (legal) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , ethnic group , demography , health care , health insurance , pharmacology , sociology , political science , law , anthropology , economics , economic growth

We analyzed a national pharmacy database to estimate the annual number of persons who abandoned preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescriptions and assessed associated factors. About 9% of persons prescribed PrEP abandoned prescriptions in 2019; abandonment was associated with sex, age, insurance type, black race/ethnicity, and drug copayment amount.

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