Demographic and psychosocial factors associated with appointment attendance among HIV-positive outpatients

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1219-1225

  Bofill, Lina ^a   Waldrop Valverde, Drenna ^a   Metsch, Lisa ^a   Pereyra, Margaret ^a   Kolber, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

appointment attendance; HIV AIDS; missed appointment; non adherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FAMILY FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80053543526     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.555743     Document Type: Article

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