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Clinic-wide intervention lowers financial risk and improves revenue to HIV clinics through fewer missed primary care visits.
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Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
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2015-04-01
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68
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4
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472
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: We calculated the financial impact in 6 HIV clinics of a low-effort retention in care intervention involving brief motivational messages from providers, patient brochures, and posters. We used a linear regression model to calculate absolute changes in kept primary care visits from the preintervention year (2008-2009) to the intervention year (2009-2010). Revenue from patients' insurance was also assessed by clinic. Kept visits improved significantly in the intervention year versus the preintervention year (P < 0.0001). We found a net-positive effect on clinic revenue of +$24,000/year for an average-size clinic (7400 scheduled visits/year). We encourage HIV clinic administrators to consider implementing this low-effort intervention.
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Gardner LI, Marks G, Wilson TE, Giordano TP, Sullivan M, Raper JL, Rodriguez AE, Keruly J, Malitz F. Clinic-wide intervention lowers financial risk and improves revenue to HIV clinics through fewer missed primary care visits. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Apr 1;68(4):472-6. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000493. PMID: 25559605; PMCID: PMC5098330.