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Relationship between HIV serostatus, CD4 count and rehospitalisation: Potential implications for health systems strengthening in South Africa

Published in: Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 32 , issue 1 , 2017 , pages: 23–28

DOI: 10.1080/22201181.2016.1201935

Author(s): Yoshan Moodley Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, South Africa , Andrew Tomita Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, South Africa

Keywords: CD4 count , HIV , patient re-admission , rehospitalisation , serostatus

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Abstract

Background: Despite three decades of scientific response to HIV/AIDS, the generalised HIV epidemic continues to persist in South Africa. There is growing acknowledgement that health system strengthening will be critical in tackling HIV/AIDS. Patient rehospitalisation is an important quality benchmark of health service delivery, but there is currently limited data on rehospitalisation of patients with HIV/AIDS in South Africa, a setting with a high burden of HIV disease.

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