title: Hospitalizations in the United States among HIV-Infected Individuals in Short-Stay Hospitals, 1982 to 2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate trends in hospitalizations and days of care of HIV-infected individuals in US hospitals from 1982 to 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary data analysis of the National Hospital Discharge Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hospitalizations of HIV-infected individuals increased from 1982 to a peak of 216 086 by 1995, fell 36% by 1997, and then decreased to 118 236 by 2010. Days of care for HIV-uninfected individuals decreased 14.7% from 6.1 days in 1982 to 5.2 days in 2010 yet dropped 62.7% from 17.6 to 7.1 days for HIV-infected individuals. Hospitalized HIV-infected individuals were more likely than uninfected individuals to be male, black, 35 to 44 years old, Medicaid recipients, and be hospitalized in the northeast, in hospitals with more than 500 beds and in government-operated hospitals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hospitalizations and days of care for HIV-infected individuals have decreased dramatically in recent years and at rates greater than for HIV-uninfected individuals yet involve some populations and affect certain hospitals disproportionately.
authors: Department of Biostatistics, Center for Statistical Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors: Miao
authors: M
authors: Tai
authors: Department of Biostatistics, Center for Statistical Sciences, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors: Tao
authors: T
authors: Liu
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA rmerchant@lifespan.org.
authors: Roland C
authors: RC
authors: Merchant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: AIDS; HIV; epidemiology; hospitalization