Improvement of the patient flow in a large urban clinic with high HIV seroprevalence in Kampala, Uganda

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-124

  Castelnuovo, B ^a   Babigumira, J ^b   Lamorde, M ^a   Muwanga, A ^a   Kambugu, A ^a   Colebunders, R ^c  

^a Infectious Diseases Institute   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Hiv infection; Models of care; Patients flow; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; STANDARDIZATION; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME MANAGEMENT; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 59449106420     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008174     Document Type: Article

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