Document 0773
 DOCN  M9470773
 TI    [Home care of AIDS patients from the medical and nursing viewpoint--a
       project in Vienna]
 DT    9409
 AU    Armbruster C; Vetter N; II. Internen Abteilung, Pulmologischen Zentrums
       der Stadt Wien.
 SO    Acta Med Austriaca. 1994;21(1):14-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94287772
 AB    Based on the longer survival time of HIV-infected patients the spectrum
       of HIV associated complications changed. The frequency of neurological
       diseases, as AIDS dementia complex, is increasing. Therefore there is
       more need for nursing of AIDS patients. Aim of the study was to evaluate
       the cost-effectiveness, the practicability and the influence of home
       care on the outcome of the patients. During a 1-year period 7 AIDS
       patients were treated by 4 nurses and 1 doctor in a home care setting.
       Three of these patients were immobile and needed nursing; the four other
       received their parenteral therapy at home. Nursing took 2 to 7 hours,
       the administration of parenteral therapy one and a half hour per day and
       patient. 226,520 Austrian Schillings were spent for the care of the 7
       patients during 1 year. By minimizing the duration and the number of
       hospital stays the quality of life of the patient was improved. Home
       care did not influence the outcome of the patients negatively.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ECONOMICS/MORTALITY/*NURSING
       Austria/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Cost Control  English Abstract  *Home Care
       Services/ECONOMICS  *Home Nursing/ECONOMICS  Human  HIV
       Infections/ECONOMICS/MORTALITY/*NURSING  *Patient Care Team/ECONOMICS
       Quality of Life  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Survival Rate  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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