| Title |
Mortality of Patients Lost to Follow-Up in Antiretroviral Treatment Programmes in Resource-Limited Settings: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005790 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Martin W. G. Brinkhof, Mar Pujades-Rodriguez, Matthias Egger |
| Abstract |
The retention of patients in antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes is an important issue in resource-limited settings. Loss to follow up can be substantial, but it is unclear what the outcomes are in patients who are lost to programmes. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 412 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Mozambique | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 397 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 88 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 84 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 40 | 10% |
| Other | 28 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 21 | 5% |
| Other | 74 | 18% |
| Unknown | 77 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 185 | 45% |
| Social Sciences | 33 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 15 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 2% |
| Other | 44 | 11% |
| Unknown | 98 | 24% |