Document 0216
 DOCN  M9440216
 TI    The impact of HIV infection in a rural hospital in Haiti.
 DT    9404
 AU    Olle-Goig JE; Rodes A; Casabona J; Hopital Albert Schweitzer,
       Deschapelles, Haiti.
 SO    J Trop Med Hyg. 1994 Feb;97(1):21-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94149789
 AB    To assess the impact of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV)
       infection on the patients treated at the Medicine Department of the
       Hopital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) in Haiti and the economic costs to this
       institution that their medical care caused, a group of HIV infected
       patients was followed and compared to a control group of non-infected
       patients. Infected patients had a significantly higher number of
       diagnoses suggestive of HIV infection and of sexually transmitted
       diseases (STDs) and also had a higher rate of mortality during the
       follow-up period. Infected patients attended the out-patient Medicine
       Clinic and were hospitalized more frequently than non-infected patients.
       The yearly cost of treating an HIV patient was estimated to be about US
       $860. We suggest that a wider use of HIV testing might be beneficial
       among patients such as ours for providing adequate care for them if the
       necessary resources are made available.
 DE    Adult  Case-Control Studies  Female  Follow-Up Studies
       Haiti/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Health Expenditures  Hospitals,
       Rural/*ECONOMICS/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Human  HIV
       Infections/COMPLICATIONS/*ECONOMICS/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Male  *Rural Health
       Rural Population  Sex Distribution  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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