Task shifting from doctors to non-doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy

2014185 citationsReviewgreen Open Access

Authors

Tamara Kredo · South African Medical Research Council

Folasade B Adeniyi · Stellenbosch University

Moses Bateganya · University of Washington

Elizabeth Pienaar · South African Medical Research Council

Abstract

Our review found moderate quality evidence that shifting responsibility from doctors to adequately trained and supported nurses or community health workers for managing HIV patients probably does not decrease the quality of care and, in the case of nurse initiated care, may decrease the numbers of patients lost to follow-up.

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HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Global Maternal and Child Health Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

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Published in: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volume 2014, Issue 7, pp. CD007331-CD007331

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007331.pub3

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Task shifting from doctors to non-doctors for initiation and maintenance of antiretroviral therapy

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