Do Increasing Rates of Loss to Follow-up in Antiretroviral Treatment Programs Imply Deteriorating Patient Retention?
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Do increasing rates of loss to follow-up in antiretroviral treatment programs imply deteriorating patient retention?
In several studies of antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs for persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection, investigators have reported that there has been a higher rate of loss to follow-up (LTFU) among patients initiating ART in recent years than among patients who initiated ART during earlier time periods. This finding is frequently interpreted as reflecting deterioration of patie...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu295