Rural residence is associated with delayed care entry and increased mortality among veterans with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1064-1070

  Ohl, Michael ^a,b   Tate, Janet ^c   Duggal, Mona ^c,d   Skanderson, Melissa ^c   Scotch, Matthew ^e   Kaboli, Peter ^a,b   Vaughan Sarrazin, Mary ^a,b   Justice, Amy ^c,d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; rural health; veterans

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN AREA; VETERAN;

COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS;

EID: 78650173087     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ef60c2     Document Type: Article

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