Lost but Not Forgotten—The Economics of Improving Patient Retention in AIDS Treatment Programs
Open Access
- 27 October 2009
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 6 (10) , e1000174
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000174
Abstract
Gregory Bisson and Jeffrey Stringer discuss the implications of a new study showing how loss to follow-up affects the effectiveness of a public sector HIV program in Côte d'Ivoire.Keywords
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