Estimated mortality on HIV treatment among active patients and patients lost to follow-up in 4 provinces of Zambia: Findings from a multistage sampling-based survey.
Charles B HolmesIzukanji SikazweKombatende SikombeIngrid Eshun-WilsonNancy CzaickiLaura K BeresNjekwa MukambaSandra SimbezaCarolyn Bolton MooreCardinal HantubaPeter MwabaCaroline PhiriNancy PadianDavid V GliddenElvin GengPublished in: PLoS medicine (2018)
HIV treatment in Zambia is not optimally effective. The high and sustained mortality rates and marked under-reporting of mortality at the provincial-level and unexplained heterogeneity between regions and sites suggest opportunities for the use of corrected mortality rates for quality improvement. A regionally representative sampling-based approach can bring gaps and opportunities for programs into clear epidemiological focus for local and global decision makers.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- quality improvement
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- hiv aids
- public health
- cross sectional
- coronary artery disease
- cardiovascular disease
- south africa
- decision making