Background New York City (NYC) health department staff assist people with HIV (PWH) deemed out of care (OOC) per NYC HIV Surveillance Registry to re-engage in HIV care with their last known treating provider/parent clinic or, if preferable/necessary (e.g. moved to a new neighborhood), a new NYC provider. We examined retention in care and viral suppression (VS) of PWH re-engaged in care in a group who agreed to return to care and were cared for by either their previous or a new provider. Methods We analyzed data from 2009 to 2015 on PWH who had ≥2 CD4 count or viral load (VL) test reports in the NYC HIV Registry who fell out of care and then re-engaged in care. We compared characteristics, timeliness and retention in care (≥2 CD4 or VL, ≥90 days apart) and VS (last VL ≤200 copies/mL) of PWH overall and also according to whether they returned to their last known vs. a new provider in year 2 post re-engagement in care. Results From 2009–2015, 882 persons were re-engaged in care by the he)
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Udeagu, C.-C. N., Shah, S., & Braunstein, S. (2019). 1652. Equivalent HIV Outcomes for Persons with HIV after Re-engagement in HIV Care with Prior or New Provider. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(Supplement_2), S604–S604. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1516
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