Open AccessRace and Mental Health Diagnosis Are Risk Factors for Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Failure in a Military Cohort Despite Equal Access to Care
Author(s) -
Joshua D. Hartzell,
Katherine Spooner,
Robin Howard,
Scott A. Wegner,
Glenn Wortmann
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e31802f83a6
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , regimen , mental health , retrospective cohort study , cohort , viral load , confidence interval , multivariate analysis , medical record , health care , demography , psychiatry , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , economics , economic growth
Data suggest that African Americans have lower rates of virologic suppression using highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), possibly because of socioeconomic status and access to care. In a US Military clinic, where beneficiaries have ready access to no-cost health care, the impact of several variables (including race) on HIV virologic suppression were examined.