Linkage to HIV care and survival following inpatient HIV counseling and testing

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 751-760

  Wanyenze, Rhoda K ^a   Hahn, Judith A ^b   Liechty, Cheryl A ^c   Ragland, Kathie ^b   Ronald, Allan ^d   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^a   Coates, Thomas ^e   Kamya, Moses R ^a   Bangsberg, David R ^f  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Glen Cove Internal Medicine   (United States)

^d Infectious Diseases Institute   (Uganda)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Africa; Inpatient; Provider initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC); Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959985261     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9704-1     Document Type: Article

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