TABLE 2—

Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Use in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Stratified by VHA Regions and Index Prescription Provider: United States, July 2012–April 2016

	All, No. (%)	No. of Persons With HIV in Care/100 000 Persons in Carea	No. of Unique PrEP Starts/100 000 Persons in Careb	IDS,c No. (%)	PCP Without IDS Consultation,c No. (%)	PCP With IDS Consultation,c No. (%)	PCP With IDS Electronic Consultation,c No. (%)	Pharmacist,c No. (%)
No.	825			566	105	56	46	52
Region 1d	167 (20.2)	540	10.4	115 (20.3)	26 (24.8)	14 (25)	8 (17.4)	4 (7.7)
Region 2e	126 (15.3)	627	10.1	83 (14.7)	24 (22.9)	8 (14.3)	6 (13)	5 (9.6)
Region 3f	94 (11.4)	239	5.4	81 (14.3)	7 (6.7)	1 (1.8)	3 (6.5)	2 (3.8)
Region 4g	127 (15.4)	443	11	68 (12)	14 (13.3)	7 (12.5)	4 (8.7)	34 (65.4)
Region 5h	311 (37.7)	487	26.4	219 (38.7)	34 (32.4)	26 (46.4)	25 (54.3)	7 (13.5)
Index PrEP—medical center	730 (88.5)			531 (93.8)	60 (57.1)	52 (92.9)	36 (78.3)	51 (98.1)
Index PrEP—outpatient center	95 (11.5)			35 (6.2)	45 (42.9)	4 (7.1)	10 (21.7)	1 (1.9)

Note. IDS = infectious disease specialist; PCP = primary care provider.

^aNumber of persons with HIV in care at VHA in 2012 per 100 000 persons in care at VHA in 2012. Data sources: Department of Veterans Affairs. VHA facility quality and safety report fiscal year 2012 data. 2013. Available at: https://www.va.gov/HEALTH/docs/QandS_Report_2013_data_tables_fy12_data.pdf. Accessed June 16, 2018; and HIV infected veterans in VHA care in 2011 through 2015, for the nation, by VISN and by station.¹⁷

^bNumber of unique PrEP starts between June 1, 2012, and April 1, 2016, per 100 000 persons in care at VHA in 2012.

^cIDS consultation either face to face or electronic obtained for PrEP eligibility only.

^dCT, DE, DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, VT, VA, and WV.

^eAL, FL, GA, KY, SC, and TN.

^fIL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, and WI.

^gAR, CO, LA, MS, MT, OK, TX, UT, and WY.

^hAK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, NM, OR, and WA.