Delayed linkage to care in one-third of HIV-positive individuals in the Netherlands

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 603-609

  Van Veen, M G ^a,b   Trienekens, S C M ^a   Heijman, T ^b   Gotz, H M ^c   Zaheri, S ^d   Ladbury, G ^a,e   De Wit, J ^f   Fennema, J S A ^b   De Wolf, F ^d   Van Der Sande, M A B ^a,g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^d STICHTING HIV MONITORING   (Netherlands)

^e ECDC   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; VIRUS LOAD; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84938695622     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051980     Document Type: Article

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