The use and cost of hospital services by london aids patients with different aids defining conditions

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-464

  Beck, Eduard J ^a   Kupek, Emil J ^a   Wadsworth, Jane ^a   Miller, David L ^a   Pinching, Anthony J ^b   Harris, John R W ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AIDS; casemix; costs; service provision

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; LAMIVUDINE; RITONAVIR; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; AMBULATORY CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0030469507     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024545     Document Type: Article

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