Open AccessEstimating the Cost of Increasing Retention in Care for HIV-Infected Patients
Author(s) -
Ram K. Shrestha,
Lytt I. Gardner,
Gary Marks,
Jason Craw,
Faye Malitz,
Thomas P. Giordano,
Meg Sullivan,
Jeanne C. Keruly,
Allan Rodríguez,
Tracey E. Wilson,
Michael J. Mugavero
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000000462
Subject(s) - human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , virology
Retaining HIV patients in medical care promotes access to antiretroviral therapy, viral load suppression, and reduced HIV transmission to partners. We estimate the programmatic costs of a US multisite randomized controlled trial of an intervention to retain HIV patients in care.