Emergency department utilization among a cohort of HIV-positive injecting drug users in a Canadian setting

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-243

  Fairbairn, Nadia ^a   Milloy, M J ^a   Zhang, Ruth ^a   Lai, Calvin ^a   Grafstein, Eric ^b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; emergency service; HIV; injection drug use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION DRUG USER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSING; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84864979525     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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