title: Key elements for implementing comprehensive health care models for persons with HIV: a stakeholder analysis.
abstract: A semistructured interview was conducted with 69 stakeholders in three university-based health care projects that were funded to provide an integrated continuum of care for persons living with HIV/AIDS. Data from the key informant interviews yielded composite indicators of familiarity with the service model, the importance of the elements in the service model, and the perceived quality of services provided by these innovative HIV service demonstration projects. Ratings of service quality were related to ratings of the respondent's knowledge of the service demonstration project, the importance of the various elements in the service continuum, and several indicators of stakeholder characteristics using the data modeling method of Exhaustive CHAID (Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector). The groups of stakeholders most likely to give the highest quality or success ratings for these projects are identified. The implications of these findings for developing collaborative and comprehensive service models for persons with HIV/AIDS are discussed.
authors.affiliation: The Measurement Group, Culver City, CA 90230, USA. lmelchior@TheMeasurementGroup.com
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Melchior
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Panter
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Meredith
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Richardson-Nassif
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Huba
mesh_terms: D003191:Comprehensive Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000628:therapy*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States