Open AccessThe AIDS-related experiences and practices of primary care physicians in Los Angeles: 1984-89.
Author(s) -
Charles E. Lewis,
Kathleen Montgomery
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.80.12.1511
Subject(s) - family medicine , primary care , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sexual history , sida , demography , gerontology , viral disease , sociology
Telephone interviews of random samples of Los Angeles primary care physicians in 1984, 1986, and 1989 obtained information about their AIDS-related practice experiences, and sexual history taking. Data from mid-1989 reveal almost 74 percent have worked up at least one patient for AIDS or HIV infection in the past six months and 39.5 percent are caring for at least one patient with AIDS or AIDS-related complex. Self-reported use of appropriate sexual history questions has improved substantially over this five-year period.