Treating loss-to-follow-up as a missing data problem: a case study using a longitudinal cohort of HIV-infected patients in Haiti

• Hoofdauteurs: Deanna P. Jannat-Khah (Auteur), Michelle Unterbrink (Auteur), Margaret McNairy (Auteur), Samuel Pierre (Auteur), Dan W. Fitzgerald (Auteur), Jean Pape (Auteur), Arthur Evans (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background HIV programs are often assessed by the proportion of patients who are alive and retained in care; however some patients are categorized as lost to follow-up (LTF) and have unknown vital status. LTF is not an outcome but a mixed category of patients who have undocumented death, tr...