Treatment Initiation, Program Attrition and Patient Treatment Outcomes Associated with Scale-Up and Decentralization of HIV Care in Rural Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  McGuire, Megan ^a   Pinoges, Loretxu ^b   Kanapathipillai, Rupa ^c,d   Munyenyembe, Tamika ^c   Huckabee, Martha ^c   Makombe, Simon ^e   Szumilin, Elisabeth ^c   Heinzelmann, Annette ^c   Pujades Rodríguez, Mar ^b  

^a Central Bank of Kenya   (Kenya)

^b EPICENTRE   (France)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECENTRALIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCALE UP; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INHIBITION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867558295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038044     Document Type: Article

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