Titre : | Differences among U.S. states in estimating the number of people living with HIV/AIDS : Impact on allocation of federal ryan white funding. (2007) |
Auteurs : | Denis NASH ; Evie ANDREOPOULOS ; Deborah HOROWITZ ; SOHLER (Nancy) : USA. City College Medical School. City University of New York. New York. NY. ; David Vlahov ; Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies. The New York Academy of Medicine. New York. NY. USA ; International Center for Aids Care and Treatment Programs. Mailman School of Public Health. Columbia University. New York. NY. USA |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Public health reports (vol. 122, n° 5, 2007) |
Pagination : | 644-656 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Estimation ; Sida ; Politique santé ; Gouvernement ; Financement ; Virose ; Infection ; Immunopathologie |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS qOc3oR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective. We assessed the impact of differing laboratory reporting scenarios on the completeness of estimates of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (PLWHA) in the U.S., which are used to guide allocation of federal Ryan White funds. Methods. We conducted a four-year simulation study using clinical and laboratory data on 1,337 HIV-positive women, including 477 (36%) who did not have AIDS at baseline. We estimated the completeness of HIV (non-AIDS) case ascertainment for three laboratory reporting scenarios : CD4 |