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AIDS Care
Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 35, 2023 - Issue 8
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Research Article

Barriers, opportunities, and potential costs of expanding HIV support services

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Pages 1083-1090 | Received 14 Jul 2022, Accepted 07 Feb 2023, Published online: 20 Feb 2023
 

ABSTRACT

Experiencing housing instability, food insecurity, and financial stress can negatively impact retention in care and treatment adherence for people living with HIV. Expanding services that support socioeconomic needs could help improve HIV outcomes. Our objective was to investigate barriers, opportunities, and costs of expanding socioeconomic support programs. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with organizations serving U.S. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clients. Costs were estimated from interviews, organization documents, and city-specific wages. Organizations reported complex patient, organization, program, and system challenges as well as several opportunities for expansion. The average one-year per-person cost for engaging new clients was $196 for transportation, $612 for financial aid, $650 for food aid, and $2498 for short-term housing (2020 USD). Understanding potential expansion costs is important for funders and local stakeholders. This study provides a sense of magnitude for costs to scale-up programs to better meet socioeconomic needs of low-income patients living with HIV.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

Interview recordings and notes are not publicly available.

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Funding

This work was supported by funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

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