Resource utilization across the continuum of HIV care: An emergency department-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to determine the healthcare resource utilization for people living with HIV (PLWH) presenting to the emergency department (ED) across the HIV Care Continuum.

Methods

This prospective study enrolled PLWH presenting to an urban ED between June 2016 and March 2017. Subjects were categorized as being linked to care, retained in care, on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and virally suppressed (<200 copies/ml). Data on ED visit rates, duration of stay, and hospital admission rates were compared to local metrics.

Results

Overall, 94.3% of 159 enrollees had been linked to care, 75.5% retained in care, 81.1% on ART, and 62.8% virally suppressed. Compared to the general population of the city and of the ED, participants had a higher ED vi

SUBMITTER: Abia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7483787 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature