Understanding preferences for HIV care and treatment in Zambia: Evidence from a discrete choice experiment among patients who have been lost to follow-up.

Arianna ZanoliniKombatende SikombeIzukanji SikazweIngrid Eshun-WilsonPaul SomweCarolyn Bolton Moore Stephanie M ToppNancy CzaickiLaura K Beres Chanda P MwambaNancy PadianCharles B Holmes Elvin Hsing Geng

Published in: PLoS medicine (2018)

In this study, patients were willing to expend considerable time and effort as well as accept substantial inconvenience in order to access providers with a nice attitude. In addition to service delivery redesign (e.g., differentiated service delivery models), current improvement strategies should also prioritize improving provider attitude and promoting patient centeredness-an area of limited policy attention to date.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
primary care
public health
working memory
prognostic factors
case report
decision making