Effectiveness of patient adherence groups as a model of care for stable patients on antiretroviral therapy in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa.

Innovative models of care are required to cope with the ever-increasing number of patients on antiretroviral therapy in the most affected countries. This study, in Khayelitsha, South Africa, evaluates the effectiveness of a group-based model of care run predominantly by non-clinical staff in retaini...

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Main Authors: Miguel Angel Luque-Fernandez, Gilles Van Cutsem, Eric Goemaere, Katherine Hilderbrand, Michael Schomaker, Nompumelelo Mantangana, Shaheed Mathee, Vuyiseka Dubula, Nathan Ford, Miguel A Hernán, Andrew Boulle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3571960?pdf=render