Open AccessA Multi-State Model Examining Patterns of Transitioning Among States of Engagement in Care in HIV-Positive Individuals Initiating Combination Antiretroviral Therapy
Author(s) -
Jennifer Gillis,
Mona Loutfy,
Ahmed M. Bayoumi,
Tony Antoniou,
Ann Burchell,
Sharon Walmsley,
Curtis Cooper,
Marina B. Klein,
Nimâ Machouf,
Julio S. G. Montaner,
Sean B. Rourke,
Christos Tsoukas,
Robert S. Hogg,
Janet Raboud
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000001109
Subject(s) - cart , medicine , viral load , antiretroviral therapy , ethnic group , observational study , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cohort study , demography , pediatrics , gerontology , family medicine , mechanical engineering , sociology , anthropology , engineering
Common measures of engagement in care fail to acknowledge that infrequent follow-up may occur either intentionally among patients with sustained virologic suppression or unintentionally among patients with poor clinical outcomes.