Kurth A, Black J, Woods J, Kubilis J; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1993 Jun 6-11; 9: 73 (abstract no. WS-B30-2).
Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis.
HIV disease service provision requires a chronic health focus. Few studies are available that document costs and benefits of care provided to a discrete patient sample across the disease continuum, however. The 'HIV/AIDS Links' (HALs) Project provides longitudinal documentation of HIV-positive client needs across the service continuum, including primary care in an ambulatory setting (the HIV LifeCare Clinic) and inpatient care in an 1,100 bed facility (Methodist Hospital). Clinic staff are multidisciplinary: infectious disease and other physicians (MDs), nurse-practitioners (NPs), social workers (MSWs), and administrative support. Study Methodology: Comprehensive patient intake (n = > or = 100) documents clinical stage of disease and includes a patient-administered Quality of Life (QOL) index as well as Karnofsky score. Demographic, clinical, treatment modality, QOL measure, and financial information is entered and analyzed using an HIV record management database (TMS). Data and preliminary correlations regarding patient-perceived quality of life, clinical interventions and status, and direct financial cost of services is discussed. Further analysis and comparison of NP- and MD-managed care in terms of patient cost and outcomes is also presented.
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Keywords:
- AIDS Vaccines
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Aluminum Hydroxide
- Anti-HIV Agents
- Carbonates
- HIV
- HIV Infections
- HIV Seronegativity
- HIV Seropositivity
- Health Services
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Hospitalization
- Humans
- Link
- Social Work
- immunology
- methods
- organization & administration
Other ID:
UI: 102205698
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