Predicting Retention in HIV Primary Care: Is There a Missed Visits Continuum Based on Patient Characteristics?

Missing 3 + scheduled HIV primary care visits over a 1-year period increases mortality risk for people living with HIV (PLWH). We used electronic health data from PLWH (≥ 18 years old) at a southeastern US HIV clinic in 2016 to examine differences across patient-level characteristics and number of missed visits (1–2 vs. 0, 3 + vs. 0, 3 + vs. 1–2). In multivariable multinomial logistic regression analyses, poverty, lack of Ryan White HIV/AIDS...