Understanding Racial Disparities in HIV Using Data From the Veterans Aging Cohort 3-Site Study and VA Administrative Data

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dc.contributor.authorMcGinnis, Kathleen A.
dc.contributor.authorFine, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Ravi K.
dc.contributor.authorSkanderson, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Joseph H.
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Barradas, Maria C.
dc.contributor.authorRabeneck, Linda
dc.contributor.authorJustice, Amy C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:14Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:14Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractObjectives. We identified race-associated differences in survival among HIV-positive US veterans to examine possible etiologies for these differences. Methods. We used national administrative data to compare survival by race and used data from the Veterans Aging Cohort 3-Site Study (VACS 3) to compare patients’ health status, clinical management, and adherence to medication by race. Results. Nationally, minority veterans had higher mortality rates than did white veterans with HIV. Minority veterans had poorer health than white veterans with HIV. No significant differences were found in clinical management or adherence. Conclusions. HIV-positive minority veterans experience poorer survival than white veterans. This difference may derive from differences in comorbidities and in the severity of illness of HIV-related disease.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.93.10.1728
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/nycf-oeb9
dc.identifier.citationMcGinnis, Kathleen A. and Fine, Michael J. and Sharma, Ravi K. and Skanderson, Melissa and Wagner, Joseph H. and Rodriguez-Barradas, Maria C. and Rabeneck, Linda and Justice, Amy C. (2003) Understanding Racial Disparities in HIV Using Data From the Veterans Aging Cohort 3-Site Study and VA Administrative Data. American Journal of Public Health, 93 (10). pp. 1728-1733.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 994
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22950
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectHIV/Aids
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectmethodologies
dc.subjectrace-associated differences
dc.subjectsurvival rates
dc.subjectHIV-positive US veterans
dc.subjectminority veterans
dc.subjectmortality rates
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectHIV-positive
dc.subjectHIV-related disease
dc.titleUnderstanding Racial Disparities in HIV Using Data From the Veterans Aging Cohort 3-Site Study and VA Administrative Data
dc.typeArticle

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