Quantifying clinic transfers among people living with HIV in the Western Cape, South Africa: a retrospective spatial analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

For persons living with HIV (PLWH) in long-term care, clinic transfers are common and influence sustained engagement in HIV care, as they are associated with significant time out-of-care, low CD4 count, and unsuppressed viral load on re-entry. Despite the geospatial nature of clinic transfers, there exist limited data on the geospatial trends of clinic transfers to guide intervention development. In this study, we investigate the geospatial characteristics and trends of clinic transfers among PLWH on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

Design

Retrospective spatial analysis.

Setting

PLWH who initiated ART treatment between 2012 and 2016 in South Africa's Western Cape Province were followed from ART initiation to their l

SUBMITTER: Espinosa Dice AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8640660 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature