Work

An evaluation of the use of the Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System of New York State as a resource planning tool for HIV infection.

Year: 1991

Type: article

Abstract: Hospital discharge records of patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in New York State were studied to determine whether cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were identified. We estimate that as many as 13 percent of hospitalizations of patients with PCP in 1987 and 10 percent of those in 1988 were not appropriately identified as HIV related. Identification of PCP as HIV related was a function of a hospital's volume of PCP admissions.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.81.2.215

Authors: G I Kaufman, G T DiFerdinando, S E Gottesman

Institution: New York State Department of Health

Language: English

Topic: Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Temple University, Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Public Health Service