Missed opportunities for accessing HIV care among Tshwane tuberculosis patients under different models of care

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1052-1058

  Louwagie, G ^a   Girdler Brown, B ^a   Odendaal, R ^b   Rossouw, T ^a   Johnson, S ^c   Van Der Walt, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Foundation for Professional Development   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Integration; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COINFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84863572619     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0753     Document Type: Article

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