Antiretroviral adherence among rural compared to urban veterans with HIV infection in the United States

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 174-180

  Ohl, Michael E ^a,b   Perencevich, Eli ^a,b   McInnes, D Keith ^c,d   Kim, Nancy ^e   Rimland, David ^f   Akgun, Kathleen ^e   Fiellin, David A ^e   Skanderson, Melissa ^e   Wang, Karen ^e   Justice, Amy ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Medication adherence; Rural health; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERAN;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872686049     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0325-8     Document Type: Article

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