A combination SMS and transportation reimbursement intervention to improve HIV care following abnormal CD4 test results in rural Uganda: A prospective observational cohort study

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Siedner, Mark J ^a   Santorino, Data ^b   Lankowski, Alexander J ^a   Kanyesigye, Michael ^b   Bwana, Mwebesa B ^b   Haberer, Jessica E ^a   Bangsberg, David R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Clinical trial; Financial incentive; HIV AIDS; Short message service; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE; TEXT MESSAGING; TIME TO CLINIC RETURN; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRANSPORTATION REIMBURSEMENT; UGANDA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RURAL POPULATION; TEXT MESSAGING; TRANSPORTATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84935473048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0397-1     Document Type: Article

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