Administrative and Related Barriers to Covering the Costs of Preexposure Prophylaxis at a Safety-net Clinic in Seattle, Washington

Vanessa M McMahan; Lanny McCanta; Dominic Tran; Luis Herrera; Luis Viquez; Fred Swanson; Beth Crutsinger-Perry; Jared M Baeten; Aaron Katz; Joanne D Stekler

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa187

Administrative and Related Barriers to Covering the Costs of Preexposure Prophylaxis at a Safety-net Clinic in Seattle, Washington

Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 3;71(9):2509-2512. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa187.

Authors

Vanessa M McMahan¹, Lanny McCanta², Dominic Tran², Luis Herrera², Luis Viquez², Fred Swanson², Beth Crutsinger-Perry³, Jared M Baeten^{1

4

5}, Aaron Katz⁶, Joanne D Stekler^{1

2

4

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Gay City Health Project, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Office of Infectious Disease, Washington State Department of Health, Olympia, Washington, USA.
⁴ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁶ Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

PMID: 32152636
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa187

Abstract

One barrier to human immunodeficiency virus preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is lack or perceived lack of health insurance or financial assistance. We performed a medical records review at a safety-net PrEP clinic in Seattle, Washington, and found that barriers to obtaining financial assistance were commonly recorded in association with initiation and persistence on PrEP.

Keywords: HIV; health insurance; preexposure prophylaxis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-HIV Agents* / therapeutic use
HIV Infections* / drug therapy
HIV Infections* / prevention & control
Humans
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis*
Safety-net Providers
Washington

Substances

Anti-HIV Agents