Percentage of patients, regardless of age, with a diagnosis of HIV who had at least one medical visit in each 6-month period within 24 months with a minimum of 60 days between medical visits.
A medical visit is any visit in an outpatient/ambulatory care setting with a nurse practitioner, physician, and/or a physician assistant who provides comprehensive HIV care.
Patients who had at least one medical visit in each 6-month of a consecutive consecutive 24 month period with a minimum of 60 days between first medical visit in the prior 6-month period and the last medical visit in the subsequent 6-month period.
Denominator
1.15 Denominator
Patients, regardless of age, diagnosed with HIV during the first 3 months of the year preceding the measurement period or prior to the measurement period with at least one medical visit in the first 6 months of the year preceding the measurement period.
The target population for this measure is all people living with HIV.
Exclusions
Exclusions
Patients who died at any time during the measurement period or the 12 months preceding the measurement period.
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