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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients according to HIV status

From: Hospitalization is a missed opportunity for HIV screening, pre-exposure prophylaxis, and treatment

 

People without known HIV

(N = 300)

People with HIV

(N = 22)

P-value

Patient age (years)

38 (31, 50)

48 (34, 57)

0.02 1

Length of stay (days)

6 (3, 15)

10 (5, 31)

0.02 1

Sex (Male)

176 (59%)

15 (68%)

0.38 2

Race

 White

203 (68%)

10 (45%)

0.06 3

 Black

89 (30%)

12 (55%)

 

 Other

8 (3%)

0

 

Insurance status

 Medicaid

141 (47%)

17 (77%)

0.20 3

 Uninsured

94 (31%)

4 (18%)

 

 Medicare

23 (8%)

0 (0%)

 

 Not documented

15 (5%)

1 (5%)

 

 Other

15 (5%)

0 (0%)

 

 Commercial

12 (4%)

0 (0%)

 

Housing status

 Stable

146 (49%)

10 (46%)

0.51 2

 Unstable

105 (35%)

10 (46%)

 

 Unknown

49 (16%)

2 (9%)

 

Discharge status

 Routine

231 (77%)

18 (82%)

0.999 3

 PDD

60 (20%)

4 (18%)

 

 Death

5 (2%)

0

 

 Other

4 (1%)

0

 

Infection causing hospitalization

 SSTI

197 (66%)

12 (55%)

0.29 2

 Bacteremia

101 (34%)

9 (41%)

0.49 2

 Endocarditis

49 (16%)

2 (9%)

0.37 2

 Osteomyelitis

44 (15%)

4 (18%)

0.66 2

 Other

33 (11%)

3 (14%)

0.70 2

 Epidural abscess

17 (6%)

2 (9%)

0.51 2

 Septic arthritis

12 (4%)

2 (9%)

0.26 3

Inpatient consultation performed

 Addiction medicine

164 (55%)

18 (82%)

0.01 2

 Infectious diseases

132 (44%)

11 (50%)

0.58 2

Return to acute care within one year

 Emergency department visit

148 (50%)

15 (68%)

0.10 2

 N/A (Death during SA)

5 (2%)

0 (0%)

 

 Readmission

146 (49%)

13 (59%)

0.39 2

 N/A (Death during SA)

5 (2%)

0 (0%)

 

MOUD prescription

 Initiated during stay

60 (28%)

5 (31%)

0.79 2

 On MOUD prior to admission

87 (29%)

6 (27%)

 

 Provided on discharge

123 (42%)

6 (27%)

0.18 2

 N/A (Death during SA)

5 (2%)

0 (0%)

 

PrEP continuum

 HIV screening test performed

168 (56%)

N/A

 

 Present during admission

0 (0%)

N/A

 

 Eligible

300 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

 Documented discussion

2 (1%)

N/A

 

 Prescribed on discharge

1 (< 1%)

N/A

 

 Linked to PrEP follow-up care

0 (0%)

N/A

 

HIV-specific outcomes

 Viral load collected during admission

N/A

13 (59%)

 

 Viremia present

N/A

13 (59%)

 

 Median HIV viral load

N/A

6226 copies/mL

 

 Median CD4 count

N/A

206 cells/mm3

 

 Antiretroviral therapy POA

N/A

7 (37%)

 

 Antiretroviral therapy on discharge

N/A

11 (50%)

 

 Successfully linked to care

N/A

10 (45%)

 

 Viral load negative within 1 year

N/A

4 (18%)

 
  1. SSTI Skin and soft tissue infection; N/A Not Applicable; SA Sentinel Admission; MOUD Medications for opioid use disorder, PrEP Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV
  2. Table statistics reported as Median (Interquartile Range) for continuous factors, and Frequency (Column Percentage %) for categorical factors
  3. Missing data is reported and not included in summary statistics
  4. Bold p-value indicates significance at the 0.05 level
  5. 1Kruskal–Wallis p-value, 2Pearson Chi-Square p-value, 3Fisher’s Exact p-value