JEN Associates, Inc.: Data Suggests Fewer Deaths But More Complications and Higher Costs for Medicare’s HIV Caseload
According to a new study published by the American Journal of Public Health, improved HIV treatments continue to lower the death rate among Medicare patients with HIV, while total Medicare expenditures for this population are rising sharply. In addition, Medicare’s HIV patients, particularly African Americans, face growing non-HIV illnesses such as diabetes, heart failure and kidney and liver …