Lost but not forgotten--the economics of improving patient retention in AIDS treatment programs.
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.
Bisson
Gregory P
GP
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. bisson@mail.med.upenn.edu
Stringer
Jeffrey S A
JS
D023241:Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors