Simplified tools for measuring retention in care in antiretroviral treatment program in Ethiopia: Cohort and current retention in care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Assefa, Yibeltal ^a,d   Worku, Alemayehu ^b   Wouters, Edwin ^c   Koole, Olivier ^d   Haile Mariam, Damen ^b   van Damme, Wim ^d  

^a Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PATIENT RETENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STATISTICS;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862181012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038555     Document Type: Article

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