Examination of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Need, Availability, and Potential Pharmacy Integration in the Southeastern US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Daily preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use can prevent up to 99% of HIV infections; however, PrEP uptake is low due to poor access to PrEP-prescribing locations for populations at increased risk for HIV, especially in the southeastern US. Pharmacies are a feasible option to increase PrEP access, but little is known about how they could complement current PrEP-prescribing locations.

Objective

To examine geographic distributions of current PrEP-prescribing locations compared with pharmacies and the facility to need ratios (PFNRs) according to HIV risk in the Southeast and describe the potential reach of pharmacies to expand PrEP access.

Design, setting, and participants

Data for this cross-sectional study of PrEP-prescribing locations and pharmacies were compil

SUBMITTER: Harrington KRV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10375311 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature