The high cost of HIV-positive inpatient care at an urban hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Long, Lawrence C ^a,b   Fox, Matthew P ^a,b,c   Sauls, Celeste ^a,b   Evans, Denise ^a,b   Sanne, Ian ^a,b,c   Rosen, Sydney B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960451660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148546     Document Type: Article

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