Influence of transportation cost on long-term retention in clinic for HIV patients in Rural Haiti

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2014, Pages e123-e130

  Sowah, Leonard A ^a   Turenne, Franck V ^b   Buchwald, Ulrike K ^a   Delva, Guesly ^a   Mesidor, Romaine N ^b   Dessaigne, Camille G ^c   Previl, Harold ^d   Patel, Devang ^a   Edozien, Anthony ^a   Redfield, Robert R ^a   Amoroso, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Université Notre Dame D'Haiti   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Hôpital Sacré Coeur du   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Economic; HIV; Resource constrained; Retention in clinic; Transportation cost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAITI; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAITI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922481674     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000315     Document Type: Article

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