Trends in reasons for hospitalization in a multisite United States cohort of persons living with HIV, 2001-2008.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospitalization rates for comorbid conditions among persons living with HIV in the current highly active antiretroviral therapy era are unknown.

Methods

Hospitalization data from 2001 to 2008 were obtained on 11,645 adults receiving longitudinal HIV care at 4 geographically diverse US HIV clinics within the HIV Research Network. Modified clinical classification software from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality assigned primary ICD-9 codes into diagnostic categories. Analysis was performed with repeated measures negative binomial regression.

Results

During 2001 to 2008, the rate of AIDS-defining illness (ADI) hospitalizations declined from 6.7 to 2.7 per 100 person-years, incidence rate ratio per year, 0.89 (0.87, 0.91). Among the other diagnost

SUBMITTER: Berry SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3299935 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature