Treatment eligibility and retention in clinical HIV care: A regression discontinuity study in South Africa.
BACKGROUND:Loss to follow-up is high among HIV patients not yet receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). Clinical trials have demonstrated the clinical efficacy of early ART; however, these trials may miss an important real-world consequence of providing ART at diagnosis: its impact on retention in c...
Main Authors: | Jacob Bor, Matthew P Fox, Sydney Rosen, Atheendar Venkataramani, Frank Tanser, Deenan Pillay, Till Bärnighausen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5705070?pdf=render |
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