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Sampling-Based Approach to Determining Outcomes of Patients Lost to Follow-Up in Antiretroviral Therapy Scale-Up Programs in Africa

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Evaluating outcomes among the millions of HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in settings with limited resources is key to understanding the effect of current treatment programs and guiding future strategies. Accurately assessing survival outcomes has been precluded by substantial numbers of patients not returning for care. One year after starting ART 15% to 30% of patients are lost to follow-up. Only by determining the outcomes of those lost can true survival and program impact be understood. We present a sampling-based strategy to address this. (excerpt)

Source: JAMA

DOI: 10.1001/jama.300.5.506

Authors: Elvin H. Geng, Nneka Emenyonu, Mwebesa Bosco Bwana, David V Glidden, Jeffrey N Martin

Institutions: San Francisco General Hospital, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, University of California, San Francisco

Language: English

Topic: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases