Lapses From Care for Chronic Care Clinic and HIV Clinic Patients,a Kisoro District Hospital, Uganda, May 2015–April 2016
| New Patientsb | Existing Patientsc | |
|---|---|---|
| CCC patients, N | 223 | 441 |
| No. (%) of CCC patients who lapsed from cared | 95 (43) | 252 (57) |
| No. (%) of lapsed CCC patients who later returned | 29 (31) | 141 (56) |
| HIV clinic patients, N | 361 | 1321 |
| No. (%) of HIV patients who lapsed from care | 216 (60) | 401 (30) |
Abbreviation: CCC, Chronic Care Clinic.
↵a Lapse from care defined as 3 or more months since the last appointment for CCC patients and 2 or more months for HIV clinic patients.
↵b New patients (inception cohort) are those who first enrolled in the clinic between May 2015 and April 2016.
↵c Existing patients (prevalence cohort) are those who made at least 3 clinic visits before May 2015 with at least 1 visit between January and April 2015, or, if they first enrolled in early 2015, returning at least once within 3 months after May 1, 2015.
↵d Median lapse=6 months; longest lapse=19 months.