Patient attrition between diagnosis with HIV in pregnancy-related services and long-term HIV care and treatment services in Kenya: A retrospective study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ferguson, Laura ^a,b   Lewis, James ^a,c   Grant, Alison D ^a   Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,d   Vusha, Sophie ^b   Ong'Ech, John O ^b   Ross, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

HIV; Kenya; patient dropout; pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KENYA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGISTRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864315238     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318253258a     Document Type: Article

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