The Impacts of Residential Location on the Risk of HIV Virologic Failure Among ART Users in Durban, South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Using a case-control study of patients receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) in 2010-2012 at McCord Hospital in Durban, South Africa, we sought to understand how residential locations impact patients' risk of virologic failure (VF). Using generalized estimating equations to fit logistic regression models, we estimated the associations of VF with socioeconomic status (SES) and geographic access to care. We then determined whether neighborhood-level poverty modifies the association between individual-level SES and VF. Automobile ownership for men and having non-spouse family members pay medical care for women remained independently associated with increased odds of VF for patients dwelling in moderately and severely poor neighborhoods. Closer geographic proximity to medical care was posit

SUBMITTER: Chen YN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9356386 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature