Predictors of hospitalization for HIV-positive women and men drug users, 1996-2000.
Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine whether health outcomes differed by gender in a cohort of African American, Hispanic American, and white drug users. METHODS: The authors studied hospitalization rates and discharge diagnoses in the HERO Study, an ongoing prospective study of drug users that included HIV-positive and HIV-negative opiate users. The data are from 1996-2000, when highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was available. RESULTS: Women had higher rates of hospitalization than men independent of HIV status, and there was no association between ethnicity and hospitalization. Being a woman was an independent risk factor for HIV and non-HIV-related hospitalization. CONCLUSION: Health disparities between men and women extend to HIV.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Institutions: Montefiore Medical Center, Yeshiva University
Language: English
Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2345999629