Treatment outcomes and cost-effectiveness of shifting management of stable ART patients to nurses in South Africa: an observational cohort.

To address human resource and infrastructure shortages, resource-constrained countries are being encouraged to shift HIV care to lesser trained care providers and lower level health care facilities. This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of down-referring stable antiretroviral therapy (ART) pat...

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Main Authors: Lawrence Long, Alana Brennan, Matthew P Fox, Buyiswa Ndibongo, Imogen Jaffray, Ian Sanne, Sydney Rosen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3139666?pdf=render