Comparative value of four measures of retention in expert care in predicting clinical outcomes and health care utilization in HIV patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Reveles, Kelly R ^a,b   Juday, Timothy R ^c   Labreche, Matthew J ^d   Mortensen, Eric M ^e   Koeller, Jim M ^a,b   Seekins, Daniel ^c   Oramasionwu, Christine U ^f   Bollinger, Mary ^g   Copeland, Laurel A ^h   Jones, Xavier ^g   Frei, Christopher R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIRUS LOAD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84961381979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120953     Document Type: Article

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