title: Satisfaction with home healthcare services for clients with HIV: preliminary findings.
abstract: The Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield implemented in 1990 the "At Home Options Program" (AHOP), an enhanced package of home care and other noninpatient services for HIV-positive clients. AHOP aims to reduce total treatment costs and hospital days. Clients (N = 52) completed mailed satisfaction surveys. Overall, clients were very satisfied with AHOP services. Clients expressed concerns, however, about the uneven quality of substitute paraprofessionals, and said they needed easier access to a knowledgeable healthcare professional. Operational concerns included inadequate information dissemination and administrative oversights. Findings will inform subsequent program activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Foley
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fahs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eisenhandler
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires