A taxonomy of pragmatic measures of HIV preexposure prophylaxis use.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

As delivery of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) becomes an HIV prevention priority in the United States, standard, pragmatic measures of PrEP use are needed to compare and evaluate prevention implementation programs. By using readily available electronic health record data, we describe and compare measures of persistence and retention.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Methods

Using electronic health record prescription data for patients at a large urban Federally Qualified Health Center from 2015 to 2019, we calculated measures of persistence and retention and compared them to pharmacy claims data, PrEP biomarkers, and HIV outcomes.

Results

Total PrEP time was 19.8 months on average. During this period, average adherence by medication prescription ratio (M

SUBMITTER: Pyra M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7856306 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature