Document 1872
 DOCN  M94A1872
 TI    Ambulatory care system for Cuban HIV-positives.
 DT    9412
 AU    de la Concepcion JC; Perez J; Torres R; Sanatorium Santiago de las
       Vegas, La Habana, Cuba.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):432 (abstract no. PD0338). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370703
 AB    OBJECTIVES: To describe the Ambulatory Care System for HIV-positives and
       AIDS cases in Cuba METHODS: All persons diagnosed as HIV-positives from
       April 1986 through December 1994 were selected for this study.
       (screening test: ELISA (ORGANON TECNIK, PASTEUR TECNIC) confirmatory
       test: Western Blot (ORGANON TECNIKA, PASTEUR TECNIC). The most part of
       the selected persons were admited in one of the 13 Comprehensive Care
       Centers (Sanatoriums) throughout the country. Estimations of incubation
       and survival time were made using Kaplan-Meier curves and correlations
       using parametric and non-parametric tests. RESULTS: Cuban HIV-positive
       Care System has been in constant evolution and has been criticized
       because Cuba adopted a different strategy from the rest of the world.
       However our results show slowness of the epidemic curve with 1007
       HIV-positives diagnosed since 1986, 251 AIDS cases and 160 deaths due to
       AIDS. The incubation period is around 11 years and the Survival time 18
       months. CONCLUSIONS: Our care system offers the posibility of early
       diagnosis, treatment and comprehensive Education wich have result in an
       slowness of both AIDS and HIV epidemic when compared with other
       countries over the world. Highly specialized medical management is
       offered with the possibility of Ambulatory Care System since 1993 that
       involve family Doctors and community in general.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/THERAPY  *Ambulatory Care  AIDS
       Serodiagnosis  Cuba  Human  HIV Seropositivity/*THERAPY  MEETING
       ABSTRACT

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