Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Hospitalization rates, length of stay and in-hospital mortality in a cohort of HIV infected patients from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Authors: |
Coelho, Lara E., Ribeiro, Sayonara R., Veloso, Valdilea G., Grinsztejn, Beatriz, Luz, Paula M. |
| Source: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases. March 2017 21(2) |
| Publisher Information: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2017. |
| Publication Year: |
2017 |
| Subject Terms: |
HIV, Hospitalization, Length of stay, In-hospital mortality |
| More Details: |
In this study, we evaluated trends in hospitalization rates, length of stay and in-hospital mortality in a cohort of HIV-infected patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2007 through 2013. Among the 3991 included patients, 1861 hospitalizations occurred (hospitalization rate of 10.44/100 person-years, 95% confidence interval 9.98–10.93/100 person-years). Hospitalization rates decreased annually (per year incidence rate ratio 0.92, 95% confidence interval 0.89–0.95) as well as length of stay (median of 15 days in 2007 vs. 11 days in 2013, p-value for trend < 0.001), and in-hospital mortality (13.4% in 2007 to 8.1% in 2013, p-value for trend = 0.053). Our results show that, in a middle-income setting, hospitalization rates are decreasing over time and non-AIDS hospitalizations are currently more frequent than those related to AIDS. Notwithstanding, compared with high-income settings, our patients had longer length of stay and higher in-hospital mortality. Further studies addressing these outcomes are needed to provide information that may guide protocols and interventions to further reduce health-care costs and in-hospital mortality. |
| Document Type: |
other |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1413-8670 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.bjid.2016.10.007 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000200190 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S1413.86702017000200190 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
