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SUBMITTER: Johnson LF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4262442 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johnson Leigh F LF Estill Janne J Keiser Olivia O Cornell Morna M Moolla Haroon H Schomaker Michael M Grimsrud Anna A Davies Mary-Ann MA Boulle Andrew A
American journal of epidemiology 20141115 12
In several studies of antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs for persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection, investigators have reported that there has been a higher rate of loss to follow-up (LTFU) among patients initiating ART in recent years than among patients who initiated ART during earlier time periods. This finding is frequently interpreted as reflecting deterioration of patient retention in the face of increasing patient loads. However, in this paper we demonstrate by simulati ...[more]