Prevalence of HIV infection among inpatients and outpatients in department of veterans affairs health care systems: Implications for screening programs for HIV

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2173-2178

  Owens, Douglas K ^a,h   Sundaram, Vandana ^a   Lazzeroni, Laura C ^b   Douglass, Lena R ^a   Sanders, Gillian D ^b   Taylor, Kathie ^a   VanGroningen, Ronald ^a   Shadle, Vera M ^c   McWhorter, Valerie C ^d   Agoncillo, Teodora ^d   Haren, Noreen ^e   Nyland, Jill ^f   Tempio, Patricia ^a   Khayr, Walid ^f   Dietzen, Dennis J ^g   Jensen, Peter ^c   Simberkoff, Michael S ^e   Bozzette, Samuel A ^d   Holodniy, Mark ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Lakeside Division   (United States)

^g VA Memphis Healthcare System   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VETERAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 38449090636     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.110700     Document Type: Article

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