Validation of Retention in HIV Care Status Using the New York City HIV Surveillance Registry and Clinical Care Data From a Large HIV Care Center.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Improving retention in care is a key element of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). However, definitions for measuring retention in care are not standardized.

Objective

To compare measures of retention based on both clinic visit data and HIV laboratory surveillance data.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

New York City (NYC), New York.

Participants

We matched adult patients with HIV infection seen at the Spencer Cox Center for Health (SCC) in 2010 or 2011 with the NYC HIV Surveillance Registry.

Main outcome measures

Retention in care was measured on the basis of SCC electronic medical record (EMR) data (≥1 medical visits in 2012) and Surveillance Registry data (≥2 CD4/viral load [VL] tests ≥90 days apart in 2012).

Results

SUBMITTER: Pati R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5636052 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov/Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature