Travel for HIV care in England: A choice or a necessity?

HIV Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 361-366

  Huntington, S ^a   Chadborn, T ^a   Rice, Bd ^a   Brown, Ae ^a   Delpech, Vc ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Patient care; SOPHID; Travel to HIV care

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956359268     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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