title: Prevalence of diagnosed HIV disease among medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia in U.S. metropolitan areas.
abstract: Numerous reports suggest HIV may be elevated among those with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar illness, but this has been studied in only a limited number of sites. Medicaid claim's files from 2002 to 2003 were examined for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in 8 states, focusing on schizophrenia. Across 102 MSAs, 1.81% of beneficiaries with schizophrenia had received diagnoses of HIV/AIDS. MSA rates ranged widely, from 5.2% in Newark, NJ, to no cases in 16 of the MSAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA. jamiewalkup.research@gmail.com
authors.forename: James T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Walkup
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akincigil
authors.forename: Shahla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hoover
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Crystal
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population