Adherence clubs for long-term provision of antiretroviral therapy: cost-effectiveness and access analysis from Khayelitsha, South Africa

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1115-1123

  Bango, Funeka ^a,b   Ashmore, John ^b   Wilkinson, Lynne ^b,c   van Cutsem, Gilles ^b,c   Cleary, Susan ^c  

^a WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

access; antiretroviral therapy; cost effectiveness analysis; long term retention in care; task shifting; viral suppression

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACCESSIBILITY; COST ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; SOUTH AFRICA;

KHAYELITSHA; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84985993730     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12736     Document Type: Article

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