Symptom-based framework for assessing quality of HIV care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-50

  Asch, Steven M ^a,b   Fremont, Allen M ^a,b   Turner, Barbara J ^c   Gifford, Allen ^d,f   McCuthan, J Allen ^e   Matthews, W M Christopher ^e   Bozzette, Samuel A ^b,d,f   Shapiro, Martin F ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Patient centered care; Quality indicators; Quality of care; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELPER CELL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSURANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUGH; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 1242330424     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzh004     Document Type: Article

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