HIV and AIDS

Journal Article

Treatment Adequacy for HIV-related Pneumocystis Pneumonia: Quality Measures for Inpatient Care — Jan 1, 1997

A retrospective cohort study (n=414) using medical record review was conducted in six California medical centers.

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Access to Community-Based Medical Services and Number of Hospitalizations Among Patients with HIV Disease: Are They Related? — Jan 1, 1996

The authors studied 217 patients interviewed while hospitalized at seven Southern California hospitals for CD4 counts and illness severity.

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Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Disadvantaged and Very Ill Populations — Jan 1, 1996

The authors conducted an observational study on the effectiveness of clinical evaluation in the real-world settings of public clinics that treat HIV patients.

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An Empirical Examination of the Implications of Assortative Matching on the Incidence of HIV — Jan 1, 1996

Using data from the San Francisco Home Health Study (SFHHS), this study in economic epidemiology analyzes the degree to which the incentives to avoid HIV infection result in infection-dependent (assortative) matching patterns based on HIV status.

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Relationship of Isoniazid Resistance to Human Immunodeficiency Patients with Tuberculosis — Jan 1, 1996

In LA, a setting where there is no ongoing outbreak of drug-resistant TB, isoniazid-resistant TB is not more common in HIV-infected patients.

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Derivation and properties of a brief health status assessment instrument for use in HIV disease — Jan 1, 1996

Derivation and properties of a brief health status assessment instrument for use in HIV disease

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The Sexual Practices of Adolescent Virgins: Genital Sexual Activities of High School Students Who Have Never Had Vaginal Intercourse — Jan 1, 1996

The purpose of this study was to determine whether high school-aged virgins engage in sexual practices that can transmit sexually transmitted diseases, including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Reconsidering the Use of Adjunctive Corticosteroids in Pneumocystis Pneumonia? — Jan 1, 1995

Editorial comment on a study of the use of adjunctive corticosteroid therapy in moderate to severe Pneumocystis pneumonia.

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Health-related Quality of Life in HIV Disease — Jan 1, 1995

This article examines the structure of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among 205 symptomatic HIV-positive individuals.

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Multi-city Study of Quality of Care for HIV-related Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia: Successfully Collecting Highly Sensitive Information — Jan 1, 1995

Data collection and other methodological issues related to the conduct of a multi-city quality-of-care-study among HIV patients are examined in this article.

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Validation of a New Measure of Diarrhea — Jan 1, 1995

Presents a visual system designed to characterize diarrhea from the perspective of HIV-infected patients.

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Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia; Andrenocortical Hormones — Jan 1, 1995

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Access to Medical Care and Health-Related Quality of Life for Low-Income Persons with Symptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus — Jan 1, 1995

The authors conducted a cross-sectional study among 205 low- income HIV-infected symptomatic persons in order to assess the association between accessibility of medical care and HRQOL for persons with HIV disease.

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Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life in Clinical Trial and Nonclinical Trial Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Cohorts — Jan 1, 1995

HRQOL was compared in two cohorts to determine if results of clinical trials for patients with HIV infection to patients not in clinical trials can be generalized.

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A Perceived Health Index for Use in Persons with Advanced HIV Disease: Derivation, Reliability, and Validity — Jan 1, 1994

Using health status measures adapted from the MOS scale and contained in the HIV-PARSE survey instrument, RAND developed a perceived health index for people with advanced HIV disease.

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Measuring Patient-Reported Health Status in Advanced HIV Disease: HIV-PARSE Survey Instrument — Jan 1, 1994

Interest in using patient reported health status assessments as an outcome in clinical trials of therapies for HIV disease is increasing. This document presents such an assessment, the HIV-PARSE survey instrument.

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Health Care Use by Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Students at a California Student Health Service — Jan 1, 1992

We report characteristics of 16 college students with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection but without the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who received care at a student health center at a major university in California.

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The Effects of the AIDS Epidemic on Traditional Medicaid Populations — Jan 1, 1992

Examines whether and how Medicaid eligibility for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affects the distribution of services and funds for women, children, and other covered groups.

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The Costs of AIDS in Los Angeles — Jan 1, 1991

This article reports on the findings of a study of medical and non-medical expenditures of persons with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Los Angeles in 1987 and 1988.

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Intensity of In-Hospital Care for Persons with AIDS — Jan 1, 1991

We evaluated the intensity of medical care for 30 consecutive AIDS patients at one hospital, using methodology based on the Delay Tool of Selker et al.

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