Outcomes of antiretroviral treatment program in Ethiopia: Retention of patients in care is a major challenge and varies across health facilities

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Assefa, Yibeltal ^a,e   Kiflie, Abiyou ^a   Tesfaye, Dessalegn ^a   Mariam, Damen Haile ^b   Kloos, Helmut ^c   Edwin, Wouters ^d   Laga, Marie ^e   Van Damme, Wim ^e  

^a FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955077360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-81     Document Type: Article

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