Treatment outcomes in undocumented Hispanic immigrants with HIV infection

Little is known about the treatment outcomes of undocumented Hispanic immigrants with HIV infection. We sought to compare the treatment outcomes of undocumented and documented patients 12-months after entering HIV care. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of antiretroviral-naive patients 18 ye...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-03, Vol.8 (3), p.e60022-e60022
Main Authors: Poon, Kenneth K, Dang, Bich N, Davila, Jessica A, Hartman, Christine, Giordano, Thomas P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adult
Adults
AIDS
Antiretroviral agents
Antiretroviral drugs
Antiviral agents
Care and treatment
CD4 antigen
Cohort analysis
Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health care
Health care policy
Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data
HIV
HIV (Viruses)
HIV infection
HIV Infections - drug therapy
HIV Infections - epidemiology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Illegal immigrants
Immigrants
Infections
Male
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine, Experimental
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Noncitizens
Patient outcomes
Patients
Population studies
Public health
Retention
Retrospective Studies
Ribonucleic acid
RNA
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Little is known about the treatment outcomes of undocumented Hispanic immigrants with HIV infection. We sought to compare the treatment outcomes of undocumented and documented patients 12-months after entering HIV care. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of antiretroviral-naive patients 18 years and older attending their first visit at Thomas Street Health Center in Houston, Texas, between 1/1/2003 and 6/30/2008. The study population of 1,620 HIV-infected adults included 186 undocumented Hispanic, 278 documented Hispanic, 986 Black, and 170 White patients. The main outcome measures were retention in care (quarter years with at least one completed HIV primary care provider visit) and HIV suppression (HIV RNA
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0060022