Funding HIV Activities at the State Level: Is There a Better Way?

The amount of funding that states receive may not adequately reflect the relative burden of disease they face.

Each U.S. state currently receives federal funding for HIV-related activities from a variety of agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), but little is known about whether the amount of funding received actually correlates with the state's disease burden. A new analysis from the CDC and DHHS provides some insight.

In fiscal year 2010, the DHHS spent $9.7 billion that could be directly attributed to HIV prevention, treatment, and care services within states. Seventy percent of this funding came through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and was therefore a legally entitled appropriation for people meeting eligibility requirements. The rest of the funding — administered through CDC, HRSA (the Health Re…

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Keith Henry, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardViiV Advisory Board

Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Keith Henry, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardViiV Advisory Board

Editorial BoardsJAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Funding HIV Activities at the State Level: Is There a Better Way?

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