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. 2022 Aug 31;75(3):512-514.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac009.

Abandonment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis Prescriptions at Retail Pharmacies-United States, 2019

Ya Lin A Huang  1 , Weiming Zhu  1 , Neal Carnes  1 , Karen W Hoover  1
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Abandonment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Preexposure Prophylaxis Prescriptions at Retail Pharmacies-United States, 2019

Ya Lin A Huang et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We analyzed a national pharmacy database to estimate the annual number of persons who abandoned preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescriptions and assessed associated factors. About 9% of persons prescribed PrEP abandoned prescriptions in 2019; abandonment was associated with sex, age, insurance type, black race/ethnicity, and drug copayment amount.

Keywords: PrEP; preexposure prophylaxis; prescription abandonment; prescription pickup; retail pharmacy.

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Potential conflicts of interest . The authors: No reported conflicts of interest. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Conflicts that the editors consider relevant to the content of the manuscript have been disclosed.

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