HIV hospital readmissions decreased between 2005 and 2018

Thirty-day hospital readmissions decreased among patients in HIV care in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2018, researchers reported.
“Prior studies had shown that hospital readmissions are frequent for people living with HIV. However, the most recent large studies used data from 2011 or earlier,” Thibaut Davy-Mendez, PhD, MSPH, assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, told Healio.
“There had been important changes in HIV care since then, notably the expanded use of effective antiretroviral therapy

Thirty-day hospital readmissions decreased among patients in HIV care in the United States and Canada from 2005 to 2018, researchers reported.
“Prior studies had shown that hospital readmissions are frequent for people living with HIV. However, the most recent large studies used data from 2011 or earlier,” Thibaut Davy-Mendez, PhD, MSPH, assistant professor in the division of infectious diseases at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, told Healio.
“There had been important changes in HIV care since then, notably the expanded use of effective antiretroviral therapy