Failure to establish HIV care: Characterizing the "no show" phenomenon

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-130

  Mugavero, Michael J ^a,c   Lin, Hui Yi ^b   Allison, Jeroan J ^b   Willig, James H ^a   Chang, Pei Wen ^a   Marler, Malcolm ^a   Raper, James L ^a   Schumacher, Joseph E ^b   Pisu, Maria ^b   Saag, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MINORITY GROUPS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250797870     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518587     Document Type: Article

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