Quality of care and HIV infection: theory and practice
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A framework may help medical personnel assess the quality of HIV care. Quality assessment may evaluate the human, physical, and financial resources that support medical care, patient care activities, and patient outcome. Data for quality assessment are obtainable through observations and from administrative databases, medical records, and patients. Quality assessment in HIV disease requires organizations to commit resources to meet patients' unique needs. Specialists must be available for HIV care and case managers must serve as liaisons between the patient and community resources. A continuum of care is necessary to meet the needs of HIV-infected patients in all stages of the disease. Expert-formulated HIV care guidelines help assess the quality of care. Patient outcomes may screen for substandard care and identify disparity between outcome and other quality measures.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1995
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Costs and outcomes of AIDS care: comparing a health maintenance organization with fee-for-service systems in the Boston Health Study
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Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) may provide effective care for AIDS patients at a lower cost than fee-for-service (FFS) health care insurance plans. Researchers in Boston, MA, compared an HMO and two FFS plans in the treatment of 255 patients with AIDS during a 4-month period. Measures of patient functioning and patient satisfaction were similar in all patients. The cost of treatment during the study period was $4,799 for HMO patients and $8,540 for FFS patients. Although the quality of care was similar, HMO systems may better coordinate patient care.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1998
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Clinical predictors of declines in physical functioning in persons with AIDS: results of a longitudinal study
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Fatigue, neurologic symptoms, weight loss, Candida infections, hypertension, depression and gastrointestinal disease appear to predict a decline in physical functioning. These factors predicted a decline in intermediate activities of daily living among 201 people with AIDS.
Publication Name: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1077-9450
Year: 1997
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