Late entry into HIV care: estimated impact on AIDS mortality rates in Brazil, 2003-2006.
Late entry into HIV care: estimated impact on AIDS mortality rates in Brazil, 2003-2006.
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10.1371/journal.pone.0014585
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发表时间:
2011-01-25
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影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Ayres de Castilho E
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Grangeiro A;Escuder MM;Menezes PR;Alencar R;Ayres de Castilho E
Worldwide, a high proportion of HIV-infected individuals enter into HIV care late. Here, our objective was to estimate the impact that late entry into HIV care has had on AIDS mortality rates in Brazil. We analyzed data from information systems regarding HIV-infected adults who sought treatment at public health care facilities in Brazil from 2003 to 2006. We initially estimated the prevalence of late entry into HIV care, as well as the probability of death in the first 12 months, the percentage of the risk of death attributable to late entry, and the number of avoidable deaths. We subsequently adjusted the annual AIDS mortality rate by excluding such deaths. Of the 115,369 patients evaluated, 50,358 (43.6%) had entered HIV care late, and 18,002 died in the first 12 months, representing a 16.5% probability of death in the first 12 months (95% CI: 16.3–16.7). By comparing patients who entered HIV care late with those who gained timely access, we found that the risk ratio for death was 49.5 (95% CI: 45.1–54.2). The percentage of the risk of death attributable to late entry was 95.5%, translating to 17,189 potentially avoidable deaths. Averting those deaths would have lowered the 2003–2006 AIDS mortality rate by 39.5%. Including asymptomatic patients with CD4+ T cell counts >200 and ≤350 cells/mm3 in the group who entered HIV care late increased this proportion by 1.8%. In Brazil, antiretroviral drugs reduced AIDS mortality by 43%. Timely entry would reduce that rate by a similar proportion, as well as resulting in a 45.2% increase in the effectiveness of the program for HIV care. The World Health Organization recommendation that asymptomatic patients with CD4+ T cell counts ≤350 cells/mm3 be treated would not have a significant impact on this scenario.
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