… ics of the infected population complicate efforts to understandpatterns of health service
utilization by people with HIV infection. Prior studies of service utilization are limited in several …

… proportion of HIV-related care. Finally, the utilization data obtained in this study will
underestimate true utilization rates to the extent that patients received services from multiple …

… of utilization or access to needed HIV … HIV disease, in the use of EDs when there is no
need for hospitalization, in increased hospitalizations, and in failure to take appropriate anti-HIV …

… In recent years, women have become the faster growing segment of adults with HIV infection
and represent 23% of all AIDS cases.AIDS is a leading cause of death of women ages 25–…

… care utilization characteristics of a multisite sample of HIV-… with HIV infection who were
receiving care from known HIV … of low ambulatory utilization differed between the 2 samples. …

… on hospital health services utilization during the years 2000-2002. This study examines
inpatient utilization and factors associated with inpatient utilization in a multistate HIV cohort …

… is useful for planning service provision. This … with utilization of hospital based HIV out-patient
services. Studies reporting person-based utilization rates of HIV-specific outpatient services …

… SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We studied 2,864 HIV-infected adults participating in the HIV
Cost and Services Utilization Study, a probability sample of adults with HIV receiving health …

… service utilization data used in the present study likely reflects actual resource utilization. …
symptoms and physical functioning on medical service use may be due to insensitivity of these …

… the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (HCSUS) to determine the prevalence of any
alcohol consumption and heavy drinking among persons in care for HIV … and HIV infection have …