Demographic and socio-economic determinants of community and hospital services costs for people with HIV/AIDS in London

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1433-1440

  Kupek, Emil ^a   Dooley, Mary ^b   Whitaker, Luke ^c   Petrou, Stavros ^d   Renton, Adrian ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour   (United Kingdom)

^d RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Equality; Equity; HIV AIDS; Hospital care; Service costs

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WELFARE; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032588074     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00447-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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