Context: In the United States, more than a third of patients are referred to a specialist each
year, and specialist visits constitute more than half of outpatient visits. Despite the frequency …

Background The high levels of healthcare worker shortage is recognised as a severe
impediment to increasing patients' access to antiretroviral therapy. This is particularly of …

Background Expanded access to combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-poor
settings is dependent on task shifting from doctors to other health-care providers. We …

Over the last 2 decades, telemedicine has effectively demonstrated its ability to increase
access to care. This access has the ability to deliver quality clinical care and offer potential …

BACKGROUND: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for the treatment of HIV
infection was introduced a decade ago. We aimed to examine trends in the characteristics of …

Background Information on physicians' performance on measures of clinical quality is rarely
available to patients. Instead, patients are encouraged to select physicians on the basis of …

Background: Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are primary care
providers for patients with HIV in some clinics, but little is known about the quality of care that …

Methods: Routine data were analyzed for adults receiving services in 2 public HIV care
systems in central Mozambique. The proportion of people passing through the following …

Background Women comprise nearly one-quarter of people living with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Canada. Compared with men, women living with HIV …

Pediatricians can play a key role in preventing and controlling HIV infection by promoting
risk-reduction counseling and offering routine HIV testing to adolescent and young adult …