Impact of the removal of patient co-payments for antiretroviral therapy (ART) on out-of-pocket expenditure, adherence and virological failure among Australian adults living with HIV

• Published in: Health policy (Amsterdam) Vol. 125; no. 9; pp. 1131 - 1139
• Main Authors: Lee, Evelyn, Mao, Limin, de Wit, John, Rule, John, Carr, Andrew, Siefried, Krista J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier B.V 01.09.2021
• Subjects: adherence; Adult; antiretroviral therapy; Australia; co-payment; Health Expenditures; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; Humans; out-of-pocket health care expenditure; Poverty; Prospective Studies; virological failure; Australia; out-of-pocket health care expenditure; virological failure; HIV; co-payment; antiretroviral therapy; adherence

•Removal of patient co-payments for ART did not reduce total out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure•Co-payment removal did not improve ART adherence or reduce HIV virological failure•Participants receiving concessional government benefits experienced an increase in HIV related expenditures•Participant...