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Ethnic and racial differences in long-term survival from hospitalization for HIV infection.

J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2000 May;11(2):163-78. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/20253983
Cunningham WE; Mosen DM; Morales LS; Andersen RM; Shapiro MF; Hays RD; Department of Health Services, School of Public Health,; University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA.

Abstract: This prospective cohort study compares 200 hospitalized, HIV-infected patients (Hispanic, African American, and white) from May 1992 to October 1998 to assess mortality (versus survival) over 75 months of follow-up. The relative risk of six-year mortality for each ethnic group is compared using Cox proportional hazards models after controlling for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, access to general medical care, and HIV-specific treatment. The median survival of Hispanics (15.5 months) was significantly (p < 0.05) shorter than that of whites (23.8); survival for African Americans (35.1) did not differ from whites. In multivariate analysis, the adjusted relative risk of six-year mortality for Hispanics compared with whites was 2.14 (95 percent confidence interval = 1.26-3.66). The poor outcomes of Hispanics was not explained by access to general care or by HIV-specific treatment.

Keywords: JOURNAL ARTICLE Adult Blacks Cohort Studies Comparative Study Female Health Services Accessibility Hispanic Americans Human HIV Infections/DRUG THERAPY/*ETHNOLOGY/*MORTALITY *HIV Long-Term Survivors Male *Patient Admission Prospective Studies Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Whites

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