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SUBMITTER: Youn B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5625296 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Youn Bora B Shireman Theresa I TI Lee Yoojin Y Galárraga Omar O Rana Aadia I AI Justice Amy C AC Wilson Ira B IB
AIDS (London, England) 20170701 12
<h4>Objective</h4>Whether the rate of HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) persistence has improved over time in the United States is unknown. We examined ART persistence trends between 2001 and 2010, using non-HIV medications as a comparator.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a retrospective cohort study using Medicaid claims. We defined persistence as the duration of treatment from the first to the last fill date before a 90-day permissible gap and used Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazard mo ...[more]