Work

The Lorenz curve

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Existing HIV care cascade metrics fail to capture whether viremia is equally distributed in a population or concentrated within groups. We applied the Lorenz curve, which has been used to describe disparities in the distribution of income and other resources, to the distribution of viremia in a safety-net HIV clinic in 2012. Among 1855 established clinic patients, 1% of the population held 50% of the virus and 10% of the population held 94% of virus.

Source: AIDS

DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001336

Authors: Katerina A. Christopoulos, Wendy Hartogensis, David V. Glidden, Christopher D. Pilcher, Monica Gandhi, Elvin H. Geng

Institution: University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases