Document 1039
 DOCN  M9471039
 TI    Trends in hospital resource utilization by HIV-infected persons, January
       1987-June 1990.
 DT    9409
 AU    Dijkgraaf MG; Luijben AH; Jager JC; Schrijvers AJ; Borleffs JC;
       University Hospital Utrecht, Netherlands.
 SO    Health Policy. 1994 Feb;27(2):175-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       AHA/94252964
 AB    Trends in the utilization of various hospital resources by HIV-infected
       persons between January 1987 and June 1990 have been studied to support
       health care planning. Data on 126 asymptomatic and symptomatic
       HIV-infected persons have been recorded at a patient level and analyzed
       at half-yearly intervals. At a hospital level, increasing utilization
       trends were observed. At the patient level, a decreasing utilization
       intensity was measured for admissions, inpatient days, inpatient
       diagnostic examinations, and outpatient consultations. Increasing
       utilization intensity was measured for care during admissions. A
       constant utilization intensity was observed for outpatient diagnostic
       examinations and inpatient medication days. Use of interventions tended
       to increase at the end of the study period. Discriminating between
       trends in the utilization of different hospital resources can improve
       the management of hospital health care demands of HIV-infected people.
 DE    Adult  Aged  Data Collection  Female  Health
       Resources/TRENDS/*UTILIZATION  Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
       Hospitals, University/TRENDS/*UTILIZATION  Human  HIV
       Infections/*ECONOMICS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  Middle Age
       Netherlands/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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