Voucher Incentives Improve Linkage to and Retention in Care Among HIV-Infected Drug Users in Chennai, India
Author(s) -
S. S. Solomon,
Aylur K. Srikrishnan,
Canjeevaram K. Vasudevan,
Sam Anand,
Mukesh Kumar,
Pachamuthu Balakrishnan,
Shefali Mehta,
Suniti Solomon,
Gregory M. Lucas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu324
Subject(s) - voucher , medicine , randomized controlled trial , incentive , population , confidence interval , clinical endpoint , psychological intervention , demography , family medicine , environmental health , nursing , accounting , economics , business , microeconomics , sociology
Drug users (DUs), a population that accounts for some of the fastest-growing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics globally, lag behind other populations with regard to HIV-related outcomes. We evaluated the role of voucher incentives on linkage and retention in care among DUs in India.
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