Differences in outpatient care and treatment utilization for patients with HIV/HCV coinfection HIV and HCV monoinfection a cross-sectional study

摘要

BackgroundFew studies have explored how utilization of outpatient services differ for HIV/HCV coinfected patients compared to HIV or HCV monoinfected patients. The objectives of this study were to (1) compare annual outpatient clinic visit rates between coinfected and monoinfected patients, (2) to compare utilization of HIV and HCV therapies between coinfected and monoinfected patients, and (3) to identify factors associated with therapy utilization.