Real-world clinical and economic outcomes from rapid start antiretroviral therapy in HIV: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: We aimed to synthesize clinical and economic outcomes of rapid start versus non-rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) in people with HIV (PWH) in real-world settings.

Methods: A search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and ProQuest from January 2017 to January 2023, supplementing a previous search by Ford et.al, 2018.