People with diagnosed HIV infection not attending for specialist clinical care: UK national review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Curtis, Hilary ^a   Yin, Z ^b   Clay, K ^c   Brown, A E ^b   Delpech, V C ^b   Ong, E ^d  

^a British HIV Association   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTENDANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NO-SHOW PATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84938585254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1036-3     Document Type: Article

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