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Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients
Aslam H. Anis, Huiying Sun, Daphne P. Guh, Anita Palepu, Martin T. Schechter and Michael V. O'Shaughnessy
CMAJ September 17, 2002 167 (6) 633-637;
Aslam H. Anis
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC; †the Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, BC; ‡the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; §the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; ¶the Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; and **the Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Huiying Sun
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC; †the Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, BC; ‡the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; §the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; ¶the Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; and **the Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Daphne P. Guh
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC; †the Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, BC; ‡the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; §the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; ¶the Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; and **the Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Anita Palepu
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC; †the Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, BC; ‡the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; §the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; ¶the Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; and **the Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Martin T. Schechter
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC; †the Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, BC; ‡the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; §the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; ¶the Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; and **the Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Michael V. O'Shaughnessy
From *the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC; †the Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, BC; ‡the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; §the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; ¶the Department of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC; and **the Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC
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Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients
Aslam H. Anis, Huiying Sun, Daphne P. Guh, Anita Palepu, Martin T. Schechter, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy
CMAJ Sep 2002, 167 (6) 633-637;
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