HIV Prevalence Among Hospitalized Patients at the Main Psychiatric Referral Hospital in Botswana

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1503-1516

  Opondo, Philip R ^a,b   Ho Foster, Ari R ^c,d   Ayugi, James ^a   Hatitchki, Bechedza ^a   Pumar, Margo ^a,c   Bilker, Warren B ^b   Thase, Michael E ^b   Jemmott, John B ^b,c,e   Blank, Michael B ^b,c   Evans, Dwight L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV AIDS; Hospitalized; Mental health; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BOTSWANA; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BOTSWANA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 85027876105     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1878-3     Document Type: Article

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