Disparities in the quality of HIV care when using US department of health and human services indicators

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1185-1189

  Althoff, Keri N ^a   Rebeiro, Peter ^a   Brooks, John T ^a,b   Buchacz, Kate ^a,b   Gebo, Kelly A ^a   Martin, Jeffrey ^c   Hogg, Robert ^d   Thorne, Jennifer E ^a   Klein, Marina ^e   Gill, M John ^a,f   Sterling, Timothy R ^a,g   Yehia, Baligh ^h   Silverberg, Michael J ^a,i   Crane, Heidi ^j   Justice, Amy C ^a,k   Gange, Stephen J ^a   Moore, Richard D ^a   Kitahata, Mari M ^a,j   Horberg, Michael A ^a,i   Kirk, Gregory D ^a   Benson, Constance A ^a   Bosch, Ronald J ^a   Collier, Ann C ^a   Boswell, Stephen ^a   Grasso, Chris ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a   Richard Harrigan, P ^a   Montaner, Julio Sg ^a   Cescon, Angela ^a   Samji, Hasina ^a   Carey, John T ^a   Goedert, James J ^a   Jacobson, Lisa P ^a   Rourke, Sean B ^a   Burchell, Ann N ^a   Rachlis, Anita R ^a   Hunter Mellado, Robert F ^a   Mayor, Angel M ^a   Deeks, Steven G ^a   Saag, Michael S ^a   Mugavero, Michael J ^a   Willig, James ^a   Eron, Joseph J ^a   Napravnik, Sonia ^a   Dubrow, Robert ^a   Fiellin, David ^a   Haas, David ^a   Bebawy, Sally ^a   Turner, Megan ^a   Anastos, Kathryn ^a   McKaig, Rosemary G ^a   Freeman, Aimee M ^a   Lent, Carol ^a   Van Rompaey, Stephen E ^a   Morton, Liz ^a   McReynolds, Justin ^a   Lober, William B ^a   Abraham, Alison G ^a   Lau, Bryan ^a   Zhang, Jinbing ^a   Jing, Jerry ^a   Golub, Elizabeth ^a   Modur, Shari ^a   Hanna, David B ^a   Wong, Cherise ^a   Mendes, Adell ^a   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k Veterans Administration   (United States)

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Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy; HIV; HIV RNA suppression; quality of care; retention in care

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; TENOFOVIR; VIRUS RNA; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETENTION IN CARE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS LOAD; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84897465381     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu044     Document Type: Article

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