title: Health insurance coverage for persons in HIV care, 2006-2012.
abstract: We examined trends in health insurance coverage among 36,999 HIV-infected adults in care at 11 US HIV clinics between 2006 and 2012. Aggregate health insurance coverage was stable during this time. The proportions of patient-years with private, Medicaid, Medicare, and no insurance during this period were 15.9%, 35.7%, 20.1%, and 28.4%, respectively. Medicaid coverage was more prevalent among women than men, blacks, and Hispanics than whites, and individuals with injection drug use risk compared with other transmission risk factors. Hispanics and younger age groups were more likely to be uninsured than other racial/ethnic and older age groups, respectively.
authors: *Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA; †Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ‡Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD; §Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and ‖Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors: Baligh R
authors: BR
authors: Yehia
authors: John A
authors: JA
authors: Fleishman
authors: Allison L
authors: AL
authors: Agwu
authors: Joshua P
authors: JP
authors: Metlay
authors: Stephen A
authors: SA
authors: Berry
authors: Kelly A
authors: KA
authors: Gebo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult