Hospitalization is a missed opportunity for HIV screening, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and treatment

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2024年3月26日

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William Bradford,
Hana Akselrod,
John Bassler,
Kelly W. Gagnon,
Greer Burkholder,
Joseph Edward Carpenter,
Alaina Steck,
Jillian Catalanotti,
Irene Kuo,
Keanan McGonigle,
William Mai,
Melissa Notis,
Christopher Brokus,
Sarah Kattakuzhy,
Elana Rosenthal,
Ellen F. Eaton

摘要

Background

Hospitalization is a “reachable moment” for people who inject drugs (PWID), but preventive care including HIV testing, prevention and treatment is rarely offered within inpatient settings.

Methods

We conducted a multisite, retrospective cohort study of patients with opioid use disorder with infectious complications of injection drug use hospitalized between 1/1/2018–12/31/2018. We evaluated HIV care continuum outcomes using descriptive statistics and hypothesis tests for intergroup differences.

Results

322 patients were included. Of 300 patients without known HIV, only 2 had a documented discussion of PrEP, while only 1 was prescribed PrEP on discharge. Among the 22 people with HIV (PWH), only 13 (59%) had a viral load collected during admission of whom all were viremic and 10 (45%) were successfully linked to care post-discharge. Rates of readmission, Medicaid or uninsured status, and unstable housing were high in both groups.

Discussion

We observed poor provision of HIV testing, PrEP and other HIV services for hospitalized PWID across multiple U.S. medical centers. Future initiatives should focus on providing this group with comprehensive HIV testing and treatment services through a status neutral approach.