Missing scheduled visits in the outpatient clinic as a marker of short-term admissions and death

HIV Clinical Trials

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 289-295

  Colubi, María Martínez ^a   Pérez Elías, María Jesús ^a   Elías, Laura ^a   Pumares, María ^a   Muriel, Alfonso ^a   Zamora, Ana Moreno ^a   Casado, Jose Luis ^a   Dronda, Fernando ^a   López, Dolores ^a   Moreno, Santiago ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIV; hospital admissions; lost to follow up; missing scheduled visits; mortality

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHEDULED VISIT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868694774     PISSN: 15284336     EISSN: 19455771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/hct1305-289     Document Type: Article

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