Measuring and explaining inequality of continuous care for people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy in Kunming, China

Author:

Jin Yongmei,Assanangkornchai SawitriORCID,Du Yingrong,Liu Jun,Bai Jingsong,Yang Yongrui

Abstract

Background In the context of scaling up free antiretroviral therapy (ART), healthcare equality is essential for people living with HIV. We aimed to assess socioeconomic-related inequalities in uptake of continuous care for people living with HIV receiving ART, including retention in care in the last six months, routine toxicity monitoring, adequate immunological and virological monitoring, and uptake of mental health assessment in the last 12 months. We also determined the contributions of socioeconomic factors to the degree of inequalities. Methods A hospital-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among consecutive clients visiting an HIV treatment center in Kunming, China in 2019. Participants were 702 people living with HIV aged ≥18 years (median age: 41.0 years, 69.4% male) who had been on ART for 1–5 years. Socioeconomic-related inequality and its contributing factors were assessed by a normalized concentration index (CIn) with a decomposition approach. Results The uptake of mental health assessment was low (15%) but significantly higher among the rich (CIn 0.1337, 95% CI: 0.0140, 0.2534). Retention in care, toxicity, and immunological monitoring were over 80% but non-significant in favor of the rich (CIn: 0.0117, 0.0315, 0.0736, respectively). The uptake of adequate virological monitoring was 15% and higher among the poor (CIn = -0.0308). Socioeconomic status positively contributed to inequalities of all care indicators, with the highest contribution for mental health assessment (124.9%) and lowest for virological monitoring (2.7%). Conclusions These findings suggest virological monitoring and mental health assessment be given more attention in long-term HIV care. Policies allocating need-oriented resources geared toward improving equality of continuous care should be developed.

Funder

Higher Education Research Promotion and Thailand’s Education Hub for Southern Region of ASEAN Countries Project Office of the Higher Education Commission

Scientific Research Fund of Yunnan Provincial Department of Education, Yunnan province, China

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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