Male, mobile, and moneyed: loss to follow-up vs. transfer of care in an urban African antiretroviral treatment clinic.

OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to analyze characteristics, reasons for transferring, and reasons for discontinuing care among patients defined as lost to follow-up (LTFU) from an antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic in Nairobi, Kenya. DESIGN:The study used a prospective cohort of patients w...

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Main Authors: Kara G Marson, Kenneth Tapia, Pamela Kohler, Christine J McGrath, Grace C John-Stewart, Barbra A Richardson, Julia W Njoroge, James N Kiarie, Samah R Sakr, Michael H Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3812001?pdf=render