Natsumi Ishikawa, Yuka Ishizuka, Yukiko Kano, Junko Iida, Jun-Ichi Yamamoto
Exploring factors of successful transition to elementary school among children with autism spectrum disorder in Japan: a focus group study
International journal of developmental disabilities
cascade care commonly used assess hiv hepatitis c hcv health service delivery limitations capturing complexity individuals engagement patterns study examines dynamic nature engagement mortality trajectories among people hiv hcv used data canadian hivhcv coinfection cohort prospectively follows 2098 participants 18 centers biannually markov multistate models used evaluate sociodemographic clinical factors associated transitioning following states 1 losttofollowup ltfu defined visit 18 months 2 reengaged reentry cohort ltfu 3 withdrawn study ie moved 4 death otherwise remained 5 engagedincare total 1809 participants met eligibility criteria contributed 12 591 personyears 2003 2022 ltfu common 46 experiencing least 1 episode 57 reengaged one 5 n 383 participants died study participants transitioned ltfu twice likely die consistently engaged factors associated transitioning ltfu included detectable hcv rna adjusted hazards ratio ahr 137 95 confidence interval ci 113167 evidence hcv treatment sustained virologic response result ahr 199 95 ci 156253 recent incarceration ahr 194 95 ci 158240 indigenous significant predictor death across engagement trajectories disengagement clinical care common resulted higher death rates people ltfu likely require hcv treatment highlighting priority population elimination strategies