학술논문
Hospitalizations for AIDS, United States, 1984-85.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*HOSPITAL admission & discharge
*LENGTH of stay in hospitals
*AIDS
*HOSPITAL records
*IMMUNOLOGICAL deficiency syndromes
*HOSPITAL administration
*PUBLIC hospitals
*HEALTH services administration
*MEDICAL research
*DIAGNOSIS
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ISSN
0090-0036
Abstract
Abstract: Data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey on hospitalizations for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were analyzed for 1984-85. During 1984, an estimated 10,000 discharges from short-stay hospitals had a diagnosis of AIDS. In 1985, this figure more than doubled to 23,000. Ninety-seven percent of all AIDS discharges were male and 85 per ¢ were between the ages of 25 and 44[sub +] Hospitalizations For AIDS accounted for 510,000 days of hospital care and lusted an average of 15.6 days each (Am J Public Health 1987:77:729-730.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]