title: Diagnoses, prevalence, and state-based federal spending for HIV prevention and treatment in the United States, 2006-2009.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In response to an article published in 2012 by officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), an independent analysis of state-based federal resource allocation for HIV was conducted to determine if the funding accurately reflected diagnosis and prevalence rates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Total state-based federal funding for HIV, state-based funding for HIV prevention, and state-based funding for HIV treatment were compared to state-based HIV diagnosis and prevalence rates from 2006-2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total state-based federal funding for HIV and funding for HIV prevention and treatment were highly correlated with HIV diagnosis and prevalence rates during the time horizon of the study; however, correlations between state-based HIV prevention funding and state-based HIV diagnosis rates were lower than the correlations between state-based HIV treatment funding and HIV prevalence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings suggest that state-based federal resource allocation for HIV prevention and treatment may be better aligned with HIV diagnosis and prevalence rates than previously reported; however resource allocation for HIV prevention is less aligned than funding for HIV treatment signaling the need to reexamine state-based federal funding for HIV prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy & Management, College of Public Health, Kent State University, PO Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Willie H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Oglesby
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy & Management, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy & Management, College of Public Health, Kent State University, PO Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
authors.forename: Sonia A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Alemagno
keywords: Economic evaluation; HIV; HIV prevention; HIV treatment; Resource allocation; United States