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HIV/AIDS Healthcare
Predictors identified for losses to follow-up among HIV-infected patients
September 19th, 2006
Predictors have been identified for losses to follow-up among HIV-infected patients. "This study aims to describe predictors of loss to follow-up (LFU) in the French Hospital Database on HIV infection (FHDH). We studied the prevalence and predictors of LFU among 34,835 patients enrolled in FHDH in 1999. "Impacts of demographic and clinical factors were studied by using multivariate logistic regression analysis," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology report. According to E. Lanoy and colleagues at INSERM, U720 in Paris, "Among included patients, 1,478 (4.2%) died and 2,950 (8.5%) were lost to follow-up....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-09-19)
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