Title HIV screening and access to care : health care system capacity for increased HIV testing and provision of care / Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 96 pages) Series Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf Contents Report organization -- Background -- Expanded HIV testing -- Where persons with HIV currently receive care -- HIV-related training and experience of HIV care providers -- The capacity of the HIV/AIDS care delivery system -- Delivery system strategies to maximize capacity of current workforce -- Strategies to increase the number of providers entering and remaining in the HIV/AIDS workforce -- Impact of the Affordable Care Act on the public health and clinical infrastructure -- Summary Summary Increased HIV screening may help identify more people with the disease, but there may not be enough resources to provide them with the care they need. The Institute of Medicine's Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care concludes that more practitioners must be trained in HIV/AIDS care and treatment and their hospitals, clinics, and health departments must receive sufficient funding to meet a growing demand for care Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-72) Notes Print version record Subject HIV infections -- Treatment -- Government policy HIV-positive persons -- Care -- Government policy -- United States HIV-positive persons -- Counseling of -- United States HIV infections -- United States AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of HIV Infections -- diagnosis HIV Infections -- drug therapy MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- AIDS & HIV. AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of HIV infections HIV-positive persons -- Care -- Government policy HIV-positive persons -- Counseling of SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780309185080 0309185084 1283135035 9781283135030

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