Socio-economic- and sex-related disparities in rates of hospital admission among patients with HIV infection in Ontario: A population-based study

Open Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 146-154

  Antoniou, Tony ^a,b   Zagorski, Brandon ^c,d   Loutfy, Mona R ^b   Strike, Carol ^b   Glazier, Richard H ^a,c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIGRATION; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84870440463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19112092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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