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...

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Main Authors: Jacob Bor, Matthew P Fox, Sydney Rosen, Atheendar Venkataramani, Frank Tanser, Deenan Pillay, Till Bärnighausen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5705070?pdf=render