Co-financing for viral load monitoring during the course of antiretroviral therapy among patients with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam: A contingent valuation survey.
Quyen Le Thi NguyenLong Hoang NguyenBach Xuan TranHuong Thi Thu PhanHuong Thi LeHinh Duc NguyenTho Dinh TranCuong Duy DoCuong Manh NguyenVu Thi Minh ThucCarl LatkinMelvyn W B ZhangRoger C M HoPublished in: PloS one (2017)
These findings raise concerns that HIV-positive patients in Vietnam might have low WTP for CD4 cell count and viral load testing. This means that without foreign financial subsidies, many of these patients would likely go without these important tests. Treating psychiatric co-morbidities, promoting healthcare services utilization, and removing barriers to accessing health insurance may increase WTP for monitoring of HIV/AIDS treatment among HIV+-positive Vietnamese patients.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv aids
- hiv positive
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- hiv infected
- ejection fraction
- health insurance
- newly diagnosed
- human immunodeficiency virus
- chronic kidney disease
- men who have sex with men
- hiv infected patients
- south africa
- stem cells
- patient reported outcomes
- single cell
- cross sectional
- cell therapy
- combination therapy