Disengagement from care in a decentralised primary health care antiretroviral treatment programme: Cohort study in rural South Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 934-941

  Mutevedzi, Portia C ^a,b   Lessells, Richard J ^a,c   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral agents; Delivery of health care; Disengagement from care; HIV 1; Lost to follow up; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; LOCAL PLANNING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; VIRAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRETROVIRAL AGENTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISENGAGEMENT FROM CARE; HIV-1; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 84880282604     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12135     Document Type: Article

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