title: Health care policy. U.S. priorities-HIV prevention.
abstract: One of the scientific anomalies of the AIDS epidemic is the large difference in infection rates across populations. Given limited resources and segregated epidemics, prevention funding should be directed to population segments with high HIV prevalence and incidence. However, recent surveys of U.S. populations indicate that the allocation of prevention dollars is not consistent with the distribution of HIV in the population.
authors.affiliation: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, AIDS Research Institute, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. jcatania@psg.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Catania
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Morin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Canchola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Coates
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006291:Health Policy; D006292:Health Priorities; D006295:Health Resources; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology