PMID: 8601114Feb 17, 1996Paper

Combining specialist and primary health care teams for HIV positive patients: retrospective and prospective studies

BMJ : British Medical Journal
S SmithS Shaunak

Abstract

To develop and evaluate a model of health care for HIV positive patients involving specialist, hospital based teams and primary health care teams. One year retrospective and a 2 1/2 year prospective study. Two hospitals in West London and 88 general practitioners in 72 general hospitals. 209 adults with HIV infection. General practitioners enrolled in the project were faxed structured outpatient clinic summaries. When hospital inpatients were discharged, a brief discharge summary was faxed. General practitioners had access to consultant physicians skilled in HIV medicine through a 24 hour mobile telephone service. An HIV/AIDS management and treatment guide containing relevant local information was produced. Quarterly discussion forums for general practitioners were held, and a regular newsletter was produced. Hospital attendance and general practitioner consultations; perceived benefits and problems of patients and general practitioners. The average length of a hospital inpatient stay was halved for those patients who had participated in the project for two years, and the average number of visits to the outpatient clinic per month fell for patients with AIDS. There was a substantial increase in the number of visits to general p...Continue Reading

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