Prevalence and cost of HIV-associated weight loss in a managed care population

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1307-1317

  Siddiqui, Javeed ^a   Phillips, Amy L ^b   Freedland, Eric S ^b   Sklar, Ami R ^c   Darkow, Theodore ^c   Harley, Carolyn R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

^c i3 Innovus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Wasting; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MONEY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV WASTING SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 67649398905     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990902902119     Document Type: Article

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