Unequal access to ART: Exploratory results from rural and urban case studies of ART use

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-146

  Cleary, Susan May ^a   Birch, Stephen ^a,b,c   Moshabela, Mosa ^d   Schneider, Helen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT PROGRAM; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84857418116     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050136     Document Type: Article

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