Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of the Patient-Centered HIV Care Model: A Collaboration Between Community-Based Pharmacists and Primary Medical Providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The patient-centered HIV care model (PCHCM) is an evidence-informed structural intervention that integrates community-based pharmacists with primary medical providers to improve rates of HIV viral suppression. This report assesses the costs and cost-effectiveness of the PCHCM.

Setting

Patient-centered HIV care model.

Methods

Three project sites, each composed of a medical clinic and 1 or 2 community-based HIV-specialized pharmacies, were included in the analyses. PCHCM required patient data sharing between medical providers and pharmacists and collaborative therapy-related decision making. Intervention effectiveness was measured as the incremental number of patients virally suppressed (HIV RNA <200 copies/mL at the last test in a 12-month measurement period

SUBMITTER: Shrestha RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8549679 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature