From diagnosis to engagement in HIV care: Assessment and predictors of linkage and retention in care among patients diagnosed by emergency department based testing in an urban public hospital

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 277-279

  Richey, Lauren E ^a   Halperin, Jason ^b   Pathmanathan, Ishani ^c   Van Sickels, Nicholas ^c   Seal, Paula S ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HIV TEST; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; LOUISIANA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902201822     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2014.0052     Document Type: Letter

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