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Does distance from a clinic and poverty impact visit adherence for noncommunicable diseases? A retrospective cohort study using electronic medical records in rural Haiti

BACKGROUND: Adherence to regular outpatient visits is vital to managing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), a growing burden in low and middle-income countries. We characterized visit adherence among patients with NCDs in rural Haiti, hypothesizing higher poverty and distance from the clinic were assoc...

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Autores principales: Yan, Lily D., Pierre-Louis, Dufens, Isaac, Benito D., Jean-Baptiste, Waking, Vertilus, Serge, Fenelon, Darius, Hirschhorn, Lisa R., Hibberd, Patricia L., Benjamin, Emelia J., Bukhman, Gene, Kwan, Gene F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7556963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33054756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09652-y