Outcomes of stable HIV-positive patients down-referred from a doctor-managed antiretroviral therapy clinic to a nurse-managed primary health clinic for monitoring and treatment

AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2027-2036

  Brennan, Alana T ^a,b   Long, Lawrence ^a   Maskew, Mhairi ^a   Sanne, Ian ^a,c   Jaffray, Imogen ^c   MacPhail, Patrick ^a,c   Fox, Matthew P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RIGHT TO CARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; loss to follow up; mortality; nurse managed vs. doctor managed care; resource limited setting; scaling up; task shifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 81155161061     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834b6480     Document Type: Article

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