Simplifying HIV Cohort Monitoring – pharmacy stock records minimise resources necessary to determine retention in care.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2013

• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Health
• Authors: Wood, R., Harries, AD., Tassie, JM., Orrell, C., Dipenaar, R., Killa, N.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether pharmacy records can provide an adequate estimate of patients commencing or retained on antiretroviral therapy (ART) compared with the currently used clinic cohort reports.

Citation

Orrell, C.; Dipenaar, R.; Killa, N.; Tassie, JM.; Harries, AD.; Wood, R. Simplifying HIV Cohort Monitoring—Pharmacy Stock Records Minimize Resources Necessary to Determine Retention in Care. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (2013) 62 (3) e106-e108. [DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31827e6080]

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Simplifying HIV Cohort Monitoring – pharmacy stock records minimise resources necessary to determine retention in care.

Published 1 January 2013