HIV treatment outcomes in Europe and North America: what can we learn from the differences?

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2014 May;12(5):523-6. doi: 10.1586/14787210.2014.906900. Epub 2014 Apr 2.

Abstract

The access to antiretroviral treatment has been largely enlarged in Europe and North America in recent years, due to treatment guidelines that recommend earlier initiation of therapy. However, there are differences and heterogeneities in the health systems and in access and retention to care between different countries and regions, and for different subpopulations among the same country that impact in the final goal, that patients remain undetectable and in good health.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-HIV Agents / therapeutic use*
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
  • Europe / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy*
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • Humans
  • North America / epidemiology
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Viral Load / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-HIV Agents