Clinician Specialty and HIV PrEP Prescription Reversals and Abandonments
Shivani Bakre,
Hsien-Yen Chang,
Jalpa A. Doshi
et al.
Abstract:ImportanceClinicians are a key component of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care. Yet, no prior studies have quantitatively investigated how PrEP adherence differs by clinician specialty.ObjectiveTo understand the association between prescribing clinician specialty and patients not picking up (reversal/abandonment) their initial PrEP prescription.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis cross-sectional study of patients who were 18 years or older used pharmacy claims data from 2015 to 2019 on new insurer-approved … Show more
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