Abstract
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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 472-476 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 1 2015 |
Keywords
- clinic-wide intervention
- insurance revenue
- missed visits
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Pharmacology (medical)