HIV care at a crossroads: The emerging crisis in the US HIV epidemic

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Mugavero, Michael J ^a   Saag, Michael S ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947679206     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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