%0 Journal Article
%T Retention in Care and Connection to Care among HIV-Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa: Estimation via a Sampling-Based Approach
%A Elvin H. Geng
%A David V. Glidden
%A Mwebesa Bosco Bwana
%A Nicolas Musinguzi
%A Nneka Emenyonu
%A Winnie Muyindike
%A Katerina A. Christopoulos
%A Torsten B. Neilands
%A Constantin T. Yiannoutsos
%A Steven G. Deeks
%A David R. Bangsberg
%A Jeffrey N. Martin
%J PLOS ONE
%D 2012
%I Public Library of Science (PLoS)
%R 10.1371/journal.pone.0021797
%X Current estimates of retention among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Africa consider patients who are lost to follow-up (LTF) as well as those who die shortly after their last clinic visit to be no longer in care and to represent limitations in access to care. Yet many lost patients may have ˇ°silentlyˇ± transferred and deaths shortly after the last clinic visit more likely represent limitations in clinical care rather than access to care after initial linkage.
%U http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0021797