Hemophilia

Care Has Improved in Scotland

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 20th, 2000

A study of the quality of care given to people with bleeding disorders in central Scotland through the years 1980-1994 showed improvements, researchers in that country reported.

"To estimate the resources required to manage patients with hemophilia in Scotland, we studied the demographic features, hospital admissions, and causes of deaths for individuals with hemophilia A and B and von Willebrand's disease, treated with blood products, during the period 1980-94 living in central Scotland," wrote C.A. Ludlam and colleagues, Royal Infirmary, Midlothian. "Data were obtained from 413 adults and children (93% ascertainment).

"The age distribution in 1980...

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