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AIDS Treat News. 1999 Jan 22;(No 311):1-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/20700016
James JS
Abstract: Changes in managed care programs have forced many HIV physicians to spend a significant amount of time on non-HIV cases to support their practices. HIV patients are more negatively impacted than other high-cost patients, such as those with cancer or diabetes, because HIV is treated as part of primary care rather than being recognized as a disease needing a specialist. Health care plans often undercompensate physicians by paying at a lower rate than if HIV was treated as a disease needing specialty care. The managed care situation discourages physicians from gaining HIV expertise.
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