Retention in care and mortality trends among patients receiving comprehensive care for HIV infection: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies examining the relation between comprehensive care and health outcomes associated with comorbidities unrelated to HIV infection have focused mainly on the health outcomes of HIV-infected people and comorbid substance use disorders. We aimed to assess the impact of retention in comprehensive HIV infection care on overall, AIDS-related and non-AIDS-related mortality.

Methods

Using a retrospective cohort design, we collected data for HIV-infected patients aged 19 years or more who first visited a comprehensive HIV infection clinic in Vancouver between Jan. 1, 2004, and Dec. 31, 2014. We defined retention in care as visit constancy (whether the patient attended the clinic at least once per given period) of 75% or greater. We used Poisson regression modelling to

SUBMITTER: Ulloa AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6461542 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature