Value in Health
December 2015 Volume 18, Issue 8, p941-1162
http://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/current

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Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Hypothetical Strategies to Enhance Retention in Care within HIV Treatment Programs in East Africa
Jason Kessler, Kimberly Nucifora, Lingfeng Li, Lauren Uhler, Scott Braithwaite
p946–955
Published online: November 16 2015
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Attrition from care among HIV infected patients can lead to poor clinical outcomes. Our objective was to evaluate hypothetical interventions seeking to improve retention-in-care (RIC) for HIV-infected patients in East Africa, asking whether they could offer favorable value compared to earlier ART initiation.