Open AccessComparing different measures of retention in outpatient HIV care
Author(s) -
Baligh R. Yehia,
John A. Fleishman,
Joshua P. Metlay,
P. Todd Korthuis,
Allison L. Agwu,
Stephen A. Berry,
Richard D. Moore,
Kelly A. Gebo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0b013e3283528afa
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , cohort , outpatient clinic , cohort study , prospective cohort study , gerontology , family medicine , sociology
The US National HIV/AIDS Strategy identifies retention in care as an important quality performance measure. There is no gold standard to measure retention in care. This study is the first to compare different measures of retention, using a large geographically diverse sample.
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