| factors affecting total hospital charges and utilization for south carolina inpatients with hiv/aids in 1994-1996,. | this study's analysis addresses trends in hospital utilization and costs for patients with human immunodeficiency virus acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (hiv/aids) from 1994 through 1996 in south carolina, as well as the effect of patient sociodemographics, referrals, and provider characteristics. this is a population-based study of all emergency department visits and hospitalizations occurring during that time period. the total hospital charge per patient significantly increases over time, wh ... | 2001 | 11530769 |
| better but not ideal acceptance of routine inpatient hiv point-of-care testing among veterans in a high prevalence area. | the most recent guidance statement from the american college of physicians recommends that clinicians adopt human immunodeficiency virus screening as part of routine medical care. inpatient hiv testing at the vetarns affairs medical center in washington, dc has been predominantly targeted at patients with disclosed risk factors. | 2010 | 20502345 |
| expanded hiv testing and trends in diagnoses of hiv infection - district of columbia, 2004-2008. | in the district of columbia (dc), the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) case rate is nearly 10 times the u.s. rate and higher than comparable u.s. cities, such as baltimore, philadelphia, new york city, detroit, and chicago. in june 2006, the dc department of health (dcdoh) began implementing cdc's 2006 recommendations for routine, voluntary hiv screening in health-care settings. to describe recent trends in hiv disease and testing, cdc and dcdoh analyzed dc hiv case surveillance data, hiv test ... | 2010 | 20577154 |
| informing faith-based hiv/aids interventions: hiv-related knowledge and stigmatizing attitudes at project f.a.i.t.h. churches in south carolina. | project f.a.i.t.h. (fostering aids initiatives that heal) was established in january 2006 to reduce the stigma of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) among african american faith-based organizations in south carolina. during its first year, project f.a.i.t.h. funded 22 churches to provide hiv-related programs and services to their congregations and surrounding communities. to determine the baseline level of hiv-related knowledge and stigmatizing attitudes, we conducted a survey with parishioners, ... | 2010 | 20408383 |
| court to read 'adverse inference' into destruction of evidence. | a federal magistrate ruled that the walter reed army medical center conducted a lookback investigation without considering the relevance of the evidence. letha rice received a transfusion during surgery at the center, and the blood was subsequently found to be hiv-positive. the center used the last beads of blood taken from the donor to determine why the donation did not react to standard hiv-antibody tests. this left rice without evidence to present to her own experts. rice has since tested pos ... | 1996 | 11363457 |
| disparities in tuberculosis between asian/pacific islanders and non-hispanic whites, united states, 1993-2006. | the united states (us) national tuberculosis surveillance system (ntss), including 50 states, district of columbia, and new york city. | 2009 | 19723395 |
| trends in tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus comorbidity, united states, 1993-2004. | to our knowledge, this is the first assessment of trends in tuberculosis (tb)/human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) comorbidity in the united states based on national tb surveillance data. | 2007 | 18071166 |
| test and treat dc: forecasting the impact of a comprehensive hiv strategy in washington dc. | the united states and international agencies have signaled their commitment to containing the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) epidemic via early case identification and linkage to antiretroviral therapy (art) immediately at diagnosis. we forecast outcomes of this approach if implemented in washington dc. | 2010 | 20617921 |
| protecting patients from surgical hepatitis c virus infection. | | 2002 | 12083228 |
| cost-effectiveness of using social networks to identify undiagnosed hiv infection among minority populations. | in 2003, the centers for disease control and prevention launched the advancing hiv prevention project to implement new strategies for diagnosing human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infections outside medical settings and prevent new infections by working with hiv-infected persons and their partners. | 2010 | 20689396 |
| "can hiv be eradicated from an infected individual?" piot, ho and scientific community meet at 4th retroviral conference. | more than 2300 medical and scientific professionals attended the 4th conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infection held in washington, dc, during january 22-26, 1997, to discuss the latest information on treatment for hiv/aids and opportunistic infections. the keynote speakers were dr. david ho, a researcher at the aaron diamond aids institute, and dr. peter piot, director of unaids. dr. ho told the audience that reasons exist to be hopeful about prolonging the life of people with aid ... | 1997 | 12321756 |
| hiv testing among deep south residents 50 to 64 years old with cardiovascular disease and/or diabetes. | to describe hiv testing among deep south residents aged 50 to 64 years old with cardiovascular disease (cvd) and/or diabetes. | 2010 | 21287895 |
| outing hiv (or, the tailor retailored). | at the 1996 international conference on aids in vancouver, british columbia, papers were presented on a broad variety of aids-related topics. trends in the global epidemic were discussed, showed that the epidemic is still increasing in asia and africa, and although it is slowing in the united states, the annual rate of heterosexual transmission is increasing. new drug combination results, including using reverse transcriptase inhibitors and/or more protease inhibitors, offer hopeful possibilitie ... | 1996 | 11363891 |
| syringe exchange programs --- united states, 2008. | persons who inject drugs should use a new, sterile needle and syringe for each injection. syringe exchange programs (seps) provide free sterile syringes and collect used syringes from injection-drug users (idus) to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus, and hepatitis c virus (hcv). as of march 2009, a total of 184 seps were known to be operating in 36 states, the district of columbia (dc), and puerto rico (north american syri ... | 2010 | 21085091 |
| statewide estimation of racial/ethnic populations of men who have sex with men in the u.s. | men who have sex with men (msm) bear the greatest burden of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in every state in the u.s., but their populations are poorly defined. we estimated and compared populations of msm in 2007 by region, state, and race/ethnicity. | 2011 | 21351396 |
| transmitted antiretroviral drug resistance in individuals with newly diagnosed hiv infection: south carolina 2005-2009. | the transmission of drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus 1 (hiv-1) has important implications for the antiretroviral management of newly diagnosed individuals, increasing the risk of suboptimal treatment outcomes. the study objective was to characterize rates and factors associated with transmitted drug-resistant hiv-1 infection among newly diagnosed south carolina (sc) residents. | 2011 | 21206421 |
| tuberculosis in older adults in the united states, 1993-2008. | to describe older adults with tuberculosis (tb) and compare demographic, diagnostic, and disease characteristics and treatment outcomes between older and younger adults with tb. | 2011 | 21517786 |
| estimation of hiv incidence in the united states. | incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in the united states has not been directly measured. new assays that differentiate recent vs long-standing hiv infections allow improved estimation of hiv incidence. | 2008 | 18677024 |
| a comparison of the adoption of electronic health records in north carolina and south carolina hiv systems. | the electronic exchange of health records has been a notable topic in recent years in the effort to improve the quality of healthcare delivery and reduce administrative burden. interviews and documents from stakeholders in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) care, and hiv information technology were collected between november 2004 through march 2005 to conduct a qualitative policy analysis on the adoption of an electronic health record (ehr) system among hiv care providers in north carolina and s ... | 2010 | 20859247 |
| treatment perceptions and attitudes of older human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults. | to apply the health belief model (hbm) in assessing the association of health beliefs, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, alternative therapy use, and sexual risk behaviors in relation to the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) in a group of older hiv-infected patients. | 2005 | 17138466 |
| tuberculosis in south asians living in the united states, 1993-2004. | patients with tuberculosis (tb) in the united states are often described in 2 broad categories, us-born and foreign-born, which may mask differences among different immigrant groups. we determined characteristics of patients born in south asia and diagnosed as having tb in the united states. | 2008 | 18474757 |
| electronic record linkage to identify deaths among persons with aids--district of columbia, 2000-2005. | an estimated 1 million persons in the united states are living with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids); approximately 500,000 persons with aids have died since 1981. in 2005, the district of columbia (dc) had an estimated adult aids prevalence rate of 2%, one of the highest aids prevalence rates in the united states. accurate death ascertainment is an important part of hiv/aids surveillance. manual methods can substantially underestimate deaths by missin ... | 2008 | 18551099 |
| patient perceptions and acceptance of routine emergency department hiv testing. | we report on the rates of patient acceptance and their perceptions of routine emergency department (ed) human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) testing in a high-prevalence area. | 2008 | 19172703 |
| emergence of cryptococcus gattii-- pacific northwest, 2004-2010. | cryptococcus is a genus of fungi, of which two species, cryptococcus neoformans and cryptococcus gattii, cause nearly all human and animal cryptococcal infections. whereas c. neoformans primarily affects persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) worldwide, c. gattii primarily affects hiv-uninfected persons in tropical and subtropical regions. in december 2004, a case of human c. gattii infection was reported in oregon, associated with an outbreak on vancouver island and in mainlan ... | 2010 | 20651641 |
| american council of life insurance v. district of columbia. | in 1986, the district of columbia council enacted a law prohibiting health, life, and disability insurers from denying insurance coverage to individuals who have tested positively for aids or aids-related complex (arc), or who have refused to take such a test. the act also imposed a five-year moratorium on the use of aids screening tests for the purposes of adjusting insurance rates. plaintiffs challenged the legality of the act on both constitutional and statutory grounds. in upholding the l ... | 1986 | 11648301 |
| local 1812, american federation of government employees v. u.s. department of state. | a preliminary injunction was denied by the u.s. district court for the district of columbia to stop the department of state's mandatory human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) testing in the medical fitness program for foreign service employees, on the grounds of insufficient likelihood that the plaintiff union representing employees subject to the program would prevail on the merits of either its constitutional claim of unreasonable search and invasion of privacy or its rehabilitation act claim. th ... | 1987 | 11648179 |