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Document 0696
DOCN M9490696
TI Inpatient health care utilization for patients with HIV and AIDS in the
Edinburgh City Hospital.
DT 9411
AU Brettle RP; Willcocks L; Cowan FM; Richardson AM; Infectious Disease
Unit, City Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
SO Int J STD AIDS. 1994 May-Jun;5(3):194-201. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94339223
AB A retrospective analysis of HIV-positive patients admitted to the City
Hospital, Edinburgh by 31st December 1992, 7 years after the inception
of the HIV clinic, revealed that 373 patients, 72% of them injection
drug users (IDUs), had required 2069 admissions (5.5/admitted patient,
3.3/clinic patient or 0.5/clinic patient/year) and had utilized 21,934
bed days (59 bed days/admitted patient, 35 days/clinic patient or 5 bed
days/clinic patient/year). The average length of stay (ALOS) was
significantly longer for AIDS than HIV (non-AIDS) admissions (14.0 vs
9.5, P < 0.0001) as it was for admissions with a CD200 diagnosis (a CD4
count below 200 cells per mm3 on two consecutive occasions) compared to
those without (12.1 vs 10.0 days, P = 0.004). There was no gender effect
on ALOS but there was a significant effect of risk activity;
homo/bisexuals had a significantly longer ALOS than drug users (P <
0.0001). Homo/bisexual patients with AIDS or a CD200 diagnosis had
longer ALOS than drug users (15.7 vs 13 days and 15.8 vs 10.8). By 1992
each member of the clinic was on average utilizing one admission per
year and 11.6 bed days per year. The number of admissions in that year
for patients without a CD200 or AIDS diagnosis was however low (0.5 and
0.75 admissions/patient/year) compared to patients with an AIDS or CD200
diagnosis (2.6 and 1.6 admissions/patient/year). The annual number of
occupied bed days/living patient was greatest for those with AIDS (60 vs
5 days) or with a CD200 diagnosis (23.5 vs 4.1 days).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED
AT 250 WORDS)
DE *Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/IMMUNOLOGY Adult Female Great
Britain Health Resources/*UTILIZATION Homosexuality
Hospitalization/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Hospitals,
Municipal/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/*UTILIZATION Human *HIV
Infections/IMMUNOLOGY Length of Stay/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Male
Middle Age Patient Admission/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Retrospective
Studies Sex Factors Substance Abuse, Intravenous Support, Non-U.S.
Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).