A controlled study to assess the effects of a Fast Track (FT) service delivery model among stable HIV patients in Lusaka Zambia.

ABSTRACT: Fast Track models-in which patients coming to facility to pick up medications minimize waiting times through foregoing clinical review and collecting pre-packaged medications-present a potential strategy to reduce the burden of treatment. We examine effects of a Fast Track model (FT) in a real-world clinical HIV treatment program on retention to care comparing two clinics initiating FT care to five similar (in size and health care level), standard of care clinics in Zambia. Within each clinic, we selected a systematic sample of patients meeting FT eligibility to follow prospectively for retention using both electronic medical records as well as targeted chart review. We used a variety of methods including Kaplan Meier (KM) stratified by FT, to compare time to first late pick up, exploring

SUBMITTER: Bolton Moore C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021658 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature