Free access to antiretroviral treatment and protection against the risk of catastrophic health expenditure in people living with HIV: evidence from Cameroon - Bousmah, Marwân-al-Qays; Nishimwe, Marie Libérée; Kuaban, Christopher; Boyer, Sylvie (BMC Health Services Research, 2021)
To foster access to care and reduce the burden of health expenditures on people living with HIV (PLHIV), several sub-Saharan African countries, including Cameroon, have adopted a policy of removing HIV-related fees, especially for antiretroviral treatment (ART). We investigate the impact of Cameroon’s free antiretroviral treatment (ART) policy, enacted in May 2007, on catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) risk according to socioeconomic status, in PLHIV enrolled in the country’s treatment access program.
PMID: 33827564 WOS : B-7676-2018 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5346-518
Keywords: journalArticle; Cameroon; Catastrophic health expenditure; Costs; Free antiretroviral treatment; HIV; Policy evaluation; Poverty; Treatment