Time from HIV diagnosis to commencement of antiretroviral therapy as an indicator to supplement the HIV cascade: Dramatic fall from 2011 to 2015.
Nicholas A MedlandEric P F ChowJames H McMahonJulian H ElliottJennifer F HoyChristopher K FairleyPublished in: PloS one (2017)
From 2011 to 2015 there were substantial and clinically important falls in the median time from diagnosis to commencing ART in those that commenced ART. The size of this dramatic change was not apparent when only reporting the proportion of patients on ART. Time to ART is a useful indicator and can be used to supplement existing cascade indicators in measuring progress toward universal ART coverage.
Keyphrases
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv infected patients
- hiv aids
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- hepatitis c virus
- men who have sex with men
- computed tomography
- south africa
- electronic health record