       Document 0310
 DOCN  M9640310
 TI    [Medical care of AIDS patients by hospitals in Tokyo]
 DT    9604
 AU    Okajima F; Araki S; Shiokawa Y; Ashizawa M; Minamitani M; Murata K; Sata
       F; Maeda H; Ishii A; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine,
       University of; Tokyo.
 SO    Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. 1995 Sep;42(9):799-807. Unique Identifier :
       AIDSLINE MED/96092223
 AB    An anonymous questionnaire survey was performed in 1991 in all 749
       hospitals in Tokyo, by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Acquired
       Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
       Infection Research Team, to collect information relating to hospital
       services for persons with AIDS or HIV infection. The response rate was
       61%. The following results were obtained: 1) Sixty-five hospitals (14%)
       had seen persons with AIDS or HIV infection. Hospitals with a greater
       number of beds had more experience in seeing persons with AIDS or HIV
       infection. Thirty-four hospitals (7%) provided outpatient services for
       patients with AIDS or HIV infection, and 30 hospitals (7%) had the
       facilities for inpatients. Three hundred forty-seven hospitals (78%)
       were capable of HIV antibody tests. Ninety-one hospitals (20%) had
       organized training courses for hospital workers to prevent HIV
       infection. Two hundred eight hospitals (46%) expressed preference that
       persons with AIDS or HIV infection be treated at public (non-private)
       hospitals. 2) The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis
       indicated that a hospital's acceptance of persons with AIDS or HIV
       infection for diagnosis or treatment was significantly related to past
       experience in seeing persons with AIDS or HIV infection, availability of
       an examination room that protects privacy of patients, presence of a
       department of internal medicine, and awareness of the availability of
       special AIDS counselor dispatch services by the Tokyo metropolitan
       government.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Delivery of Health
       Care/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  English Abstract  Hospitals/*STATISTICS &
       NUMER DATA  Human  Tokyo/EPIDEMIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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