Impact of an HIV Care Coordination Program on Durable Viral Suppression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To assess long-term effectiveness of an intensive and comprehensive Ryan White Part A-funded HIV Care Coordination Program recruiting people living with HIV with a history of suboptimal HIV care outcomes.

Methods

We merged programmatic data on CCP clients with surveillance data on all adults diagnosed with HIV. Using propensity score matching, we identified a contemporaneous, non-CCP-exposed comparison group. Durable viral suppression (DVS) was defined as regular viral load (VL) monitoring and all VLs ≤200 copies per milliliter in months 13-36 of follow-up.

Results

Ninety percent of the combined cohort (N = 12,414) had ≥1 VL ≤200 during the follow-up period (December 1, 2009-March 31, 2016), and nearly all had routine VL monitoring, but only 36.8% had DVS.

SUBMITTER: Robertson MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6289598 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature