title: [Evaluation of the ambulatory and hospital burden of patients with stage IV HIV infection].
abstract: To evaluate the burden that AIDS patients will impose on health care facilities, we evaluated the costs incurred for patients with stage-IV HIV infection followed up at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) from 1982 to 1987. Besides determination of these costs the study shows that management of these patients is progressively switching from inpatient to outpatient services. In 1987; 0.25% of acute-care beds were occupied by patients with advanced HIV infection, and the inpatient cost for this new disease was estimated at approximately 700,000 Swiss francs.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine interne, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chave
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Francioli
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000191:economics*; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Evaluation de la charge ambulatoire et hospitalière des patients présentant une infection HIV de stade IV.