Barriers to access to antiretroviral treatment in mozambique, as perceived by patients and health workers in urban and rural settings

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 867-875

  Posse, Mariana ^a,b   Baltussen, Rob ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Catholic University of Mozambique ^*  (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; RURAL POPULATION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPPORT GROUP; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70350089808     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0050     Document Type: Article

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