title: [Hospital epidemiology of HIV infection in the Parisian public hospitals].
abstract: The evolution of hospitalization for patients with HIV infections in Parisian public hospitals (Assistance Publique de Paris) can be analyzed from the data base containing discharge diagnoses and from the results of a cross-sectional survey "on a given day". At present, the activity associated with HIV infection represents more than 2% of the total activity of this institution. From 1982 to 1987, HIV-associated activity increased extremely rapidly, treating patients in acute care hospitals and clinical departments and concomitantly developing home care and day hospitalizations. The latter were responsible for the substantial decrease in the average length of hospitalization. Home care and day care hospitalizations for HIV infection continued to increase during 1988, while longer-term hospitalizations decreased.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Epidémiologie, Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vidal-Trecan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chevallier
mesh_terms: D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Epidémiologie hospitalière de l'infection à VIH à l'Assistance Publique de Paris.