Lost but not forgotten--the economics of improving patient retention in AIDS treatment programs
Bisson, G.P.; Stringer, J.S.A.
Plos Medicine 6(10): E1000174
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1549-1277 PMID: 19859529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000174Document Number: 208988
Gregory Bisson and Jeffrey Stringer discuss the implications of a new study showing how loss to follow-up affects the effectiveness of a public sector HIV program in Côte d'Ivoire.
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