Facility-level factors influencing retention of patients in HIV care in East Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Rachlis, Beth ^a,b   Bakoyannis, Giorgos ^c   Easterbrook, Philippa ^d   Genberg, Becky ^e   Braithwaite, Ronald Scott ^f   Cohen, Craig R ^g   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^h   Kambugu, Andrew ^d   Bwana, Mwebesa Bosco ⁱ   Somi, Geoffrey R ^j   Geng, Elvin H ^g   Musick, Beverly ^k   Yiannoutsos, Constantin T ^c   Wools Kaloustian, Kara ^k   Braitstein, Paula ^b,l,m  

^a ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

ⁱ MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^j National AIDS Control Program   (Tanzania)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^m MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; VIRUS RNA; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CD4 T CELL COUNT TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURNAROUND TIME; URBAN AREA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KENYA; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; UTILIZATION; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KENYA; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 84983410341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159994     Document Type: Article

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