The impact of an HIV/AIDS adult integrated health program on leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive people who use illicit drugs | Zendy

Lianping Ti | Zendy; MJ Milloy | Zendy; Rosalind Baltzer Turje | Zendy; Julio Montaner | Zendy; Evan Wood | Zendy; Thomas Kerr | Zendy

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The impact of an HIV/AIDS adult integrated health program on leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive people who use illicit drugs

Author(s) -

Lianping Ti,

MJ Milloy,

Rosalind Baltzer Turje,

Julio Montaner,

Evan Wood,

Thomas Kerr

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdw057

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , harm reduction , specialty , family medicine , health care , confidence interval , public health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , against medical advice , pediatrics , nursing , economics , economic growth

Leaving hospital against medical advice (AMA) is a major source of avoidable morbidity, mortality and healthcare expenditure. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of an innovative HIV/AIDS adult integrated health program on leaving hospital AMA among HIV-positive people who use illicit drugs (PWUD).

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