Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Initiation among Hospitalized Adults in a Resource-Limited Settings: A Challenge to the Global Target of ART for 90 of HIV-Infected Individuals

Table 3

Reasons for delayed initiation of cART among HIV-infected cART-naïve adults hospitalized at Mulago hospital.

Reason for not initiating cART in 2 weeks of eligibility	Frequency N=195
	n (%)
Referral systems
Period of preparation for cART initiation >2weeks	54 (27.7)
Did not honor referral date given	51 (26.1)
Review date given more than 2 weeks after discharge	16 (8.2)
Told CD4 above 200mg/µl	9 (4.7)
Attending OPD clinic not integrated with cART	3 (1.5)
Given wrong clinic day	1 (0.5)
Advanced disease considered too weak to initiate cART
Patient readmitted	18 (9.2)
Very sick & being treated for opportunistic infection	18 (9.2)
Very sick and weak to start cART	12 (6.1)
Patient taken to village gave up on life	5 (2.5)
Patient social support
No social support	7 (3.6)
Feared drug reaction	1 (0.5)