Performance of HIV care decentralization from the patient's perspective: Health-related quality of life and perceived quality of services in Cameroon

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-315

  Boyer, Sylvie ^a,b   Protopopescu, Camelia ^a,b   Marcellin, Fabienne ^a,b   Carrieri, Maria Patrizia ^a,b   Koulla Shiro, Sinata ^c   Moatti, Jean Paul ^a,b   Spire, Bruno ^a,b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; HIV care decentralization; HRQL; perceived quality of services; scaling up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84862529732     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr039     Document Type: Article

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