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Client and provider preferences for HIV care: Implications for implementing differentiated service delivery in Thailand.

Sita LujintanonSorawit AmataveteThanthip SungsingPich SeekaewJitsupa PeelayPravit MingkwanrungruangTanat ChinbunchornSomsong TeeratakulpisarnPornpen MethajittiphanPrattana LeenasirimaAmarin NorchaiwongAmpaipith NilmanatPraphan PhanuphakReshmie A RamautarsingPraphan Phanuphak
Published in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
Physician-led, facility-based clinical consultation visit spacing in combination with multi-month ART refill was identified as one promising DSD model in Thailand. However, low preference for decentralization and task shifting may prove challenging to implement other models, especially since many providers were unsure about DSD benefits. This calls for local implementation studies to prove feasibility and governmental and social support to legitimize and normalize DSD in order to gain acceptance among clients and providers.
Keyphrases
  • social support
  • primary care
  • depressive symptoms
  • healthcare
  • quality improvement
  • mental health
  • emergency department
  • palliative care
  • hiv infected
  • human immunodeficiency virus