A study of patient attitudes towards decentralisation of HIV care in an urban clinic in South Africa

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mukora, Rachel ^a   Charalambous, Salome ^a   Dahab, Maysoon ^a   Hamilton, Robin ^a   Karstaedt, Alan ^b  

^a AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ART; decentralization; down referral; level of care; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MALE; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS; POLITICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 80052027841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-205     Document Type: Article

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