Variation in Health Service Use Among HIV-lnfected Patients

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9101014
AutoresVincent Mor (0000-0003-0084-1267), John A Fleishman (John Brown University), Marguerite Dresser (John Brown University), John D Piette (0000-0002-7241-2798, John Brown University), JOHN PIETTE
Año1992
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas17-29
Fecha de publicación1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditorialOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-199201000-00002
PMID1729584
OpenAlexW2084175015
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas2

The effects of sociodemographic factors on health service use among people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are assessed. Data are from a survey of 939 clients of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's AIDS Health Services Program in nine communities across the country. Dependent variables are the number of outpatient visits, use of the emergency room, and whether the respondent had been admitted as an inpatient. In the 3 months before the interview, the sample averaged 7.46 outpatient physician/clinic visits: 35.9% reported an emergency room visit, and 29.9% had been hospitalized. The data suggested differential patterns of health service use, such that those who are white, male, and non-intravenous drug users have higher rates of outpatient clinic/physician use, whereas those who are nonwhite, female, and intravenous drug users have higher rates of emergency room use. Whether these observed differences are attributable to the system's response to different socioeconomic groups, or to differences in individual orientations toward use of medical care is discussed

Ambulatory care · Emergency department · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Medical emergency · Population · Respondent · Socioeconomic status · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment