Association of adherence support and outreach services with total attrition, loss to follow-up, and death among art patients in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Lamb, Matthew R ^a   El Sadr, Wafaa M ^a,b   Geng, Elvin ^c   Nash, Denis ^a,d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b University of California San Francisco ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADHERENCE SUPPORT AND ACTIVE PATIENT OUTREACH SERVICE; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; LOSS TO FOLLOW UP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TEAMWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84862002159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038443     Document Type: Article

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