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Profiles of HIV Care Disruptions Among Adult Patients Lost to Follow-up in Zambia: A Latent Class Analysis.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) - 1 Jan 2021
Mody Aaloke, Sikombe Kombatende, Beres Laura K, Simbeza Sandra, Mukamba Njekwa, Eshun-Wilson Ingrid, Schwartz Sheree, Pry Jake, Padian Nancy, Holmes Charles B, Bolton-Moore Carolyn, Sikazwe Izukanji, Geng Elvin H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Patients report varied barriers to HIV care across multiple domains, but specific barrier patterns may be driven by underlying, but unobserved, behavioral profiles. METHODS: We traced a probability sample of patients lost to follow-up (>90 days late) as of July 31, 2015 from 64 clinics in Zambia. Among those found alive, we ascertained patient-reported reasons for care disruptions. We performed latent...
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