Emergency department utilization among HIV-infected patients in a multisite multistate study

HIV Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-84

  Josephs, J S ^a   Fleishman, J A ^b   Korthuis, P T ^c   Moore, R D ^a   Gebo, K A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; HIV; HIV research network; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449195719     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2009.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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