Readmission and death following hospitalization among people with HIV in South Africa.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Additional approaches are needed to identify and provide targeted interventions to populations at continued risk for HIV-associated mortality. We sought to describe care utilization and mortality following an index hospitalization for people with HIV in South Africa. METHODS:We conducted a prospective cohort study among hospitalized patients admitted to medicine wards at a single hospital serving a large catchment area. Participants were followed to 6 months post-discharge. Hospital records were used to describe overall admission numbers and inpatient mortality. Poisson regression was used to assess for associations between readmission or death and independent variables. RESULTS:Of 124 enrolled participants, 121 lived to hospital discharge. At the time of discharge the median le

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6608975 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature