Expanding Pharmacists' Prescribing Authority and Medication Uptake: Evidence From Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Considering the crisis in access to care in the U.S., pharmacies are expected to significantly expand access to a variety of preventive care, including HIV care. As of August 2024, 10 states allow pharmacists to initiate pre-exposure prophylaxis, a medicine taken to prevent HIV, independently. This study analyzed how the expansion of pharmacists' authority to independently initiate pre-exposure prophylaxis affected pre-exposure prophylaxis prescription rates per 100,000 county residents.

Methods

Hand-collected data on pharmacists' prescribing authority from 2015 to 2023 were linked to county-level pre-exposure prophylaxis prescription rates. Using these data, the impact of the laws was estimated through a difference-in-differences approach. The analysis first ca

SUBMITTER: Fayaz-Farkhad B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547906 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature