HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users Who Leave the Hospital against Medical Advice: The Mitigating Role of Methadone and Social Support

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-59

  Chan, Alex C H ^a   Palepu, Anita ^a   Guh, Daphne P ^a   Sun, Huiying ^a   Schechter, Martin T ^a,b   O'Shaughnessy, Michael V ^a   Anis, Aslam H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Against medical advice; HIV positive; Injection drug users; Methadone; Social support

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0347990592     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200401010-00008     Document Type: Review

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