Retaining Patients in Care: An Important but Neglected Challenge

A hospital-based follow-up program in Uganda helped improve retention of patients in care across a range of health problems. Although the specific approach may not be replicable in other settings, hospitals in Uganda and beyond should consider how they can improve retention of patients requiring lon...

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Autor principal: Hodgins, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Global Health: Science and Practice 2019
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Editorials
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6538122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30926733
http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00091
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spelling pubmed-65381222019-06-26 Retaining Patients in Care: An Important but Neglected Challenge Hodgins, Stephen Glob Health Sci Pract Editorials A hospital-based follow-up program in Uganda helped improve retention of patients in care across a range of health problems. Although the specific approach may not be replicable in other settings, hospitals in Uganda and beyond should consider how they can improve retention of patients requiring long-term care, including for HIV, TB, malnutrition, and noncommunicable diseases. Global Health: Science and Practice 2019-03-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6538122/ /pubmed/30926733 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00091 Text en © Hodgins. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When linking to this article, please use the following permanent link: https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-19-00091
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6538122/
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