Poor follow-up rates at a self-pay northern Indian tertiary AIDS clinic

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Maru, Duncan Smith Rohrberg ^a   Khakha, Deepika C ^b   Tahir, Mohammad ^b   Basu, Sanjay ^a   Sharma, Surendra K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AIDS PATIENT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

EID: 38349078902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-6-14     Document Type: Note

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