Cost-effectiveness of preventing loss to follow-up in HIV treatment programs: a Côte d'Ivoire appraisal.

Cost-effectiveness of preventing loss to follow-up in HIV treatment programs: a Côte d'Ivoire appraisal.

Data from HIV treatment programs in resource-limited settings show extensive rates of loss to follow-up (LTFU) ranging from 5% to 40% within 6 mo of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. Our objective was to project the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of interventions to prevent LTFU from...

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Main Authors: Elena Losina, Hapsatou Touré, Lauren M Uhler, Xavier Anglaret, A David Paltiel, Eric Balestre, Rochelle P Walensky, Eugène Messou, Milton C Weinstein, François Dabis, Kenneth A Freedberg, ART-LINC Collaboration of International Epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA), CEPAC International investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2762030?pdf=render

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