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HIV/AIDS
Reports from Vanderbilt University add new data to research in HIV/AIDS
July 23rd, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "To compare adherence to published primary care guidelines by general internal medicine and infectious diseases (ID) specialist physicians treating HIV-positive women we conducted a retrospective patient record review of 148 female HIV-positive patients seen at the Nathan Smith Clinic in New Haven, Connecticut, in 2001 and 2002. Four quality measures were defined to evaluate physician practices: annual cervical cancer screening, influenza vaccination and hyperlipidemia screening, and biennial mammography." "Main outcome was the frequency of meeting each measure by generalist and ID-specialist physicians, and the two physician...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-23)
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