“…4,5,[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Modes of patient tracing briefly described in other studies include telephone calls, letters, outreach teams and home visits. 4,7,14,16,17,22 Classifying all patients whose vital status (e.g. death, transfer out) is unknown as LTFU contributes to inaccurate conclusions about the effectiveness of a given programme.…”