2024
Time spent at health facility is a key driver of patient satisfaction, but did not influence retention to HIV care: A serial cross-sectional study in Mozambique
De Schacht C, Amorim G, Calvo L, Ntasis E, Van Rompaey S, Matsimbe J, Martinho S, Graves E, Alvim M, Green A, Kassim H, Carlos I, Wester C, Audet C. Time spent at health facility is a key driver of patient satisfaction, but did not influence retention to HIV care: A serial cross-sectional study in Mozambique. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0299282. PMID: 38635537, PMCID: PMC11025808, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth facilitiesOdds of viral suppressionPatient satisfactionSatisfaction scoresHIV careHigher oddsViral suppressionAdherence to antiretroviral therapyClient-provider communicationStudy assessed patient satisfactionAssociated with higher oddsReduce patient waiting timesMedian satisfaction scorePatient waiting timesCross-sectional studyGeneralized linear regression modelsOverall satisfaction scoreAssociated with lower retentionAssociated with retentionHealth servicesExit interviewsAssociated with timeClient-providerClinical servicesLinear regression models
2020
Monitoring Pharmacy and Test Kit Stocks in Rural Mozambique: U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Surveillance to Help Prevent Ministry of Health Shortages
Bravo M, Peratikos MB, Muicha AS, Mahagaja E, Alvim MFS, Green AF, Wester CW, Vermund SH. Monitoring Pharmacy and Test Kit Stocks in Rural Mozambique: U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Surveillance to Help Prevent Ministry of Health Shortages. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2020, 36: 415-426. PMID: 31914787, PMCID: PMC7232670, DOI: 10.1089/aid.2019.0057.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRural Zambézia ProvinceHuman immunodeficiency virusPresident's Emergency PlanMedication supplyU.S. President's Emergency PlanTimes higher oddsMedication classesViral suppressionDiagnostic test kitsImmunodeficiency virusPharmacy dataStudy midpointOrdinal logistic regressionHigher oddsCare providersLower oddsZambézia ProvinceTuberculosis testingMonitoring of drugsLogistic regressionAIDS ReliefHealth shortagesARVEmergency plansCalendar time