Assessment of facility-level antiretroviral treatment patient status utilizing a national-level laboratory cohort: Toward an understanding of system-level tracking and clinic switching in South Africa

• Main Authors: Joshua P. Murphy (Author), Khumbo Shumba (Author), Lise Jamieson (Author), Cornelius Nattey (Author), Sophie Pascoe (Author), Matthew P. Fox (Author), Jacqui Miot (Author), Mhairi Maskew (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundMost estimates of HIV retention are derived at the clinic level through antiretroviral (ART) patient management systems, which capture ART clinic visit data, yet these cannot account for silent transfers across HIV treatment sites. Patient laboratory monitoring visits may also be observed...