Who is providing ambulatory care to Medicaid beneficiaries with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in New York State?

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Who is providing ambulatory care to Medicaid beneficiaries with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in New York State?

Arch Fam Med. 1992 Nov;1(2):251-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94084157
Howell EM; Keyes M; Mason ML; Turner BJ; Mathematica Policy Research Inc., Washington, DC.

Abstract: This study examined the number of ambulatory care providers treating individuals with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who were Medicaid beneficiaries in New York State in 1988 and examined the distribution of this care across various practice settings. The study population was identified retrospectively in the New York State Medical HIV/AIDS Research Data Base and included a cohort of 5535 individuals with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who were enrolled in Medicaid in 1988 for at least 6 months after being diagnosed as having the disease and who had at least one ambulatory care encounter during the year. Ambulatory care for the study group was provided by more than 700 hospital or freestanding clinics and more than 3000 private physicians in 1988. Many sites had low caseloads; 47% of the clinics and 68% of the physicians treating this population saw only one or two patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who were enrolled in Medicaid. More than half the patients in the study group were seen most frequently in clinics for their ambulatory care during 1988. These data provide reassurance that a wide network of providers is involved in the care of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who are Medicaid beneficiaries in New York.

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/ECONOMICS/*THERAPY Ambulatory Care/ECONOMICS/*UTILIZATION Community Health Centers/*UTILIZATION Female Human Male Medicaid/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA/*UTILIZATION New York Physicians/*UTILIZATION Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. United States Workload JOURNAL ARTICLE
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