Antiretroviral Therapy Is the Biggest Expense in HIV Care

POZ - Treatment News : Antiretroviral Therapy Is the Biggest Expense in HIV Care: "Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy accounts for the lion’s share of health care costs for people living with HIV in the United States, according to an article published online September 20 in the journal AIDS.

"HIV care is expensive, and it has been since the beginning of the HIV epidemic. In 1996, average costs exceeded $20,000 per year in the United States. By 1998, this had dropped slightly to $18,300 per year."