Cost effectiveness of a pharmacy-only refill program in a large urban HIV/AIDS clinic in Uganda.

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Published in PLoS One on March 28, 2011

Authors

Joseph B Babigumira1, Barbara Castelnuovo, Andy Stergachis, Agnes Kiragga, Petra Shaefer, Mohammed Lamorde, Andrew Kambugu, Alice Muwanga, Louis P Garrison

Author Affiliations

1: Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research and Policy Program, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. babijo@uw.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Differentiated Care for Improved Health Systems Efficiency and Health Outcomes in Zambia (CommART) | NCT02776254

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