Managed care for AIDS patients: Is bigger better?

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 342-347

  Solomon, Liza ^a,c   Flynn, Colin ^a   Lavetsky, Georgette ^b  

^a AIDS Administration   (United States)

^b Howard County Health Department   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Managed care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TUBERCULIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURVIVAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MARYLAND; MEDICAID; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; VAGINAL SMEARS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 14744291818     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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