Open AccessHIV Laboratory Monitoring Reliably Identifies Persons Engaged in Care
Author(s) -
Bonnie B. Dean,
Rachel Hart,
Kate Buchacz,
Samuel A. Bozzette,
Kathy Wood,
John T. Brooks
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000406
Subject(s) - medicine , attendance , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cohort , proxy (statistics) , hiv diagnosis , medical record , viral load , medical laboratory , cohort study , prospective cohort study , test (biology) , family medicine , antiretroviral therapy , pathology , paleontology , machine learning , computer science , economics , biology , economic growth
Attendance at biannual medical encounters has been proposed as a minimum national standard for adequate engagement in HIV care. Using data from the HIV Outpatient Study, we analyzed how well dates of HIV-related laboratory testing correlated with attendance at biannual medical encounters.