Feb 8, 2021
MONDAY, Feb. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) Medicaid expansions are associated with increases in the percentage of people living with HIV who are aware of their status and with greater use of preexposure prophylaxis, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in the
American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Bita Fayaz Farkhad, Ph.D., from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and colleagues estimated the effects of the Medicaid expansions using data on HIV diagnoses per 100,000 population, awareness of HIV status, and preexposure prophylaxis use. The analysis compared data before and after the expansions, as well as differences between treatment counties (all counties in states that expanded Medicaid) and control counties (all counties in states that did not expand Medicaid).