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. 2013 Dec;103(12):e46–e53. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301328

TABLE 2—

Antiretroviral Drug Treatment Rates Among 3259 HIV-Infected Pregnant Women Enrolled in Medicaid: 14 Southern States, 2005–2007

Covariates Total No. HAART,a No. (%) Suboptimal Treatment,b No. (%) No ARV, No. (%) P
Total 3259 1190 (36.5) 855 (26.2) 1214 (37.3)
Race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic White 457 228 (49.9) 95 (20.8) 134 (29.3) <.01
 Non-Hispanic Black 2367 888 (37.5) 701 (29.6) 778 (32.9)
 Hispanic 346 51 (14.7) 41 (11.9) 254 (73.4)
 Other 89 23 (25.8) 18 (20.2) 48 (53.9)
Metro indexc
 Large metro 1662 553 (33.3) 437 (26.3) 672 (40.4) <.01
 Small metro 1008 406 (40.3) 257 (25.5) 345 (34.2)
 Nonmetro 589 231 (39.2) 161 (27.3) 197 (33.5)
AIDS condition
 Yes 155 57 (36.8) 46 (29.7) 52 (33.6) .51
 No 3104 1133 (36.5) 809 (26.1) 1162 (37.4)
Comorbidity
 Yes 1231 431 (35.0) 356 (28.9) 444 (36.1) .02
 No 2028 759 (37.4) 499 (24.6) 770 (38.0)
Cesarean delivery
 Yes 1824 695 (38.1) 506 (27.7) 623 (34.2) <.1
 No 1435 495 (34.5) 349 (24.3) 591 (41.2)
Months enrolled in Medicaidd
 < 3 mo 260 7 (2.7) 6 (2.3) 247 (95.0) <.01
 ≥ 3 mo 2999 1183 (39.5) 849 (28.3) 967 (32.2)

Note. ARV = antiretroviral therapy; HAART = highly active antiretroviral therapy.

a

HAART included at least 1 nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor and at least 2 other agents.

b

Suboptimal treatment = some or any ARV treatment prescription other than HAART.

c

Large metro = metropolitan area with 1 million residents or more; small metro = metropolitan area with fewer than 1 million residents; nonmetro = rural area.

d

Eligible months over 3 years of Medicaid claim data.