Overview
Unannounced standardized patients measure the quality of HIV care across providers in Vietnam, with a focus on how stigma shapes what patients receive. The study also includes prescribing-pattern analysis from medication photos. This project builds on R34MH121251 (MPI Sean Sylvia and Kumi Smith, 2019 to 2022), which developed the standardized-patient stigma measures used here, originally in China.
What we are studying
- How stigma shapes the HIV care patients receive from providers
- Provider prescribing patterns, analyzed from medication photographs
- Quality-of-care measurement using unannounced standardized patients
Status
Active data collection. Kumi Smith (University of Minnesota) is PI; Sean Sylvia is Co-I.