Correcting mortality for loss to follow-up: a nomogram applied to antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.

Correcting mortality for loss to follow-up: a nomogram applied to antiretroviral treatment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.

The World Health Organization estimates that in sub-Saharan Africa about 4 million HIV-infected patients had started antiretroviral therapy (ART) by the end of 2008. Loss of patients to follow-up and care is an important problem for treatment programmes in this region. As mortality is high in these...

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Main Authors: Matthias Egger, Ben D Spycher, John Sidle, Ralf Weigel, Elvin H Geng, Matthew P Fox, Patrick MacPhail, Gilles van Cutsem, Eugène Messou, Robin Wood, Denis Nash, Margaret Pascoe, Diana Dickinson, Jean-François Etard, James A McIntyre, Martin W G Brinkhof, IeDEA East Africa, West Africa and Southern Africa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3022522?pdf=render

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