What happens to ART-eligible patients who do not start ART? Dropout between screening and ART initiation: A cohort study in Karonga, Malawi

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McGrath, Nuala ^a,b   Glynn, Judith R ^a   Saul, Jacqueline ^a   Kranzer, Katharina ^a   Jahn, Andreas ^c   Mwaungulu, Frank ^d   Ngwira, Msenga H C ^e   Mvula, Hazzie ^d   Munthali, Fipson ^e   Mwinuka, Venance ^d   Mwaungulu, Lorren ^d   Fine, Paul E M ^a   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^d KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^e Karonga District Hospital   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 77957733696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-601     Document Type: Article

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