Treatment eligibility and retention in clinical HIV care: A regression discontinuity study in South Africa.
Jacob BorMatthew P FoxSydney RosenAtheendar S VenkataramaniFrank TanserDeenan PillayTill BärnighausenPublished in: PLoS medicine (2017)
Patients who were eligible for immediate ART had dramatically higher retention in HIV care than patients who just missed the CD4-count eligibility cutoff. The clinical and population health benefits of offering immediate ART regardless of CD4 count may be larger than suggested by clinical trials.