Clinician Specialty and HIV PrEP Prescription Reversals and Abandonments.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Clinicians are a key component of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care. Yet, no prior studies have quantitatively investigated how PrEP adherence differs by clinician specialty.

Objective

To understand the association between prescribing clinician specialty and patients not picking up (reversal/abandonment) their initial PrEP prescription.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of patients who were 18 years or older used pharmacy claims data from 2015 to 2019 on new insurer-approved PrEP prescriptions that were matched with clinician data from the US National Plan and Provider Enumeration System. Data were analyzed from January to May 2022.

Main outcomes and measures

Clinician specialties included primary care practitioners (PCPs

SUBMITTER: Bakre S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11334010 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature