Brief communication: Economic comparison of opportunistics infection management with antiretroviral treatment in people living with HIV/AIDS presenting at an NGO clinic in Bangalore, India

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  John, K R ^a   Rajagopalan, Nirmala ^b   Madhuri, K V ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Freedom Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; METRONIDAZOLE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; TETRACYCLINE; TINIDAZOLE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE STUDY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CENTER; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750997599     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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