Increased Retention in Care After a Palliative Care Referral Among People Living With HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early palliative care addresses biopsychosocial needs for people living with HIV in an outpatient setting. We sought to describe patients referred to a palliative care program and compare the medical outcomes of emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, primary care visits, and viral load suppression among patients enrolled in the program, to patients who did not enroll (no-show group).

Setting

We completed a retrospective cohort study at an urban, academically affiliated HIV primary care clinic.

Methods

Data were collected from electronic medical records. Descriptive statistics characterized patient demographics at baseline, comorbidities, and reasons for referral to palliative care. Viral load suppression, rates of ED visits, hospitalizations, p

SUBMITTER: Gilliams EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793610 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature