Patient Tracking as a Tool to Improve Retention in Care: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

Wendy S Armstrong^{1

2}, Carlos Del Rio^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine.
² Emory University Center for AIDS Research, and.
³ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Comment

Wendy S Armstrong et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2017.

. 2017 Jun 1;64(11):1555-1556.

doi: 10.1093/cid/cix196.

Wendy S Armstrong^{1

2}, Carlos Del Rio^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine.
² Emory University Center for AIDS Research, and.
³ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

No abstract available

Keywords: community health workers; hard-to-reach populations.; patient tracking; retention in care; viral suppression.

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