A Care Continuum of Immediate ART for Newly Diagnosed Patients and Patients Presenting Later to Care at a Federally Qualified Health Center in New Orleans | Zendy

Jason Halperin | Zendy; Katherine Conner | Zendy; Isolde Butler | Zendy; Zeng Pu | Zendy; Leann Myers | Zendy; Rebecca Clark | Zendy; Nicholas Van Sickels | Zendy

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A Care Continuum of Immediate ART for Newly Diagnosed Patients and Patients Presenting Later to Care at a Federally Qualified Health Center in New Orleans

Author(s) -

Jason Halperin,

Katherine Conner,

Isolde Butler,

Zeng Pu,

Leann Myers,

Rebecca Clark,

Nicholas Van Sickels

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz161

Subject(s) - medicine , antiretroviral therapy , continuum of care , intervention (counseling) , covid-19 , health care , center (category theory) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , nursing , gerontology , viral load , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , disease , chemistry , economics , crystallography , economic growth

Rapid-start, immediate antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation is a novel intervention that leads to earlier viral suppression. Longer-term data is essential before supporting this strategy more widely. CrescentCare, a federally qualified health center in New Orleans, followed 195 patients who received same-day ART; here we present a continuum of care for immediate ART intervention.

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