National quality forum performance measures for HIV/AIDS care: The Department of Veterans Affairs' experience

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1239-1246

  Backus, Lisa I ^a,b   Boothroyd, Derek B ^a   Phillips, Barbara R ^a   Belperio, Pamela S ^a   Halloran, James P ^a   Valdiserri, Ronald O ^a   Mole, Larry A ^a  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 77955290619     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.234     Document Type: Article

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