Access to HIV/AIDS care: A systematic review of socio-cultural determinants in low and high income countries

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gari, Sara ^a,b   Doig Acuña, Camilo ^c   Smail, Tino ^d   Malungo, Jacob Rs ^e   Martin Hilber, Adriane ^a,b   Merten, Sonja ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d International Development Consultant   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Access; Adherence; Antiretroviral therapy; HIV AIDS; Socio cultural barriers; Survey study; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84878221038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-198     Document Type: Review

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