Quality of Care

Focus Groups Assist Foundation in Improving Services

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 4th, 1997

Analysis of treatment and services data from clients of 11 recent qualitative focus groups of San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF), California, revealed three main trends:

1. Clients are generally gaining access to new treatments and have a high level of access to primary medical care, however women generally have less access;

2. Clients want direct, personal interaction regarding treatment information, not directives on what to take or not to take; and

3. Stable housing was articulated as a key factor in maintaining overall health.

SFAF commissioned the independent firm of Binder and Associates to conduct these confidential two-hour sessions to...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1997-08-04)

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