Some effects of the rising case load of adult HIV-related disease on a hospital in Nairobi.

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Increasing numbers of HIV-infected adults in Africa need hospital care. It remains unclear what impact this has on health care services or on how hospitals respond. The aim of this study was to describe the effects of a rising case load of adult HIV-related disease by comparing results from a prospective cross-sectional study of acute adult medical admissions to a government hospital in Nairobi conducted in 1992 with results from a previous study done in 1988 and 1989 in the same hospital, us...

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Authors: Gilks, C; Floyd, K; Otieno, L; Adam, A; Bhatt, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 234-240
• Publication date: 1998-07-01
• DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199807010-00006
• ISSN: 1077-9450
• Language: English
• Keywords: Disease Outbreaks; Female; Humans; HIV Infections; Hospitals, Public; Length of Stay; Prospective Studies; Tuberculosis; Quality of Health Care; HIV-1; Adult; Male; Hospitalization; Cross-Sectional Studies; Pneumonia, Bacterial; Kenya; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Emergencies