Low-income HIV patients suffer with healthcare access

(McGill University Health Centre) Quebecers are not created equal when it comes to accessing anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for HIV and AIDS, a long-term study undertaken by a team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montreal has revealed. Researchers observed that HIV-infected persons who count on social assistance and other income security programs in Quebec do not have early access to ART due to their presumed lower socio-economic status.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news