Treatment Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Shifting Management of Stable ART Patients to Nurses in South Africa: An Observational Cohort
2011
Simplified ART Delivery Models for HIV Care
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Author(s): Nathan Ford, Edward Mills
Hypothesis
How can research help define future HIV programs, rather than validate what is already happening?
Conclusion
Down-referring stable HIV patients from hospitals to nurse-managed health centers provides good health outcomes and is cost-effective.
Supporting Evidence
- Decentralized ART provision has been shown to improve patient outcomes.
- Retention in care is better at decentralized sites compared to hospitals.
- Providing ART earlier can reduce hospitalizations and opportunistic infections.
Takeaway
This study shows that moving HIV care from hospitals to local health centers can help more people get treatment and stay healthy.
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