Cost of Care for HIV-Infected Patients with Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder or Psychiatric Disease: Report from a Large, Integrated Health Plan

Background. The costs of providing care to HIV-infected (HIV+) patients with co-occurring diagnoses of substance use (SU) disorder or psychiatric disease (PD) are not well documented. It is our objective to evaluate costs in these HIV+ patients receiving care in a large health plan. Methods. We cond...

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Main Authors: Gerald N. DeLorenze, Ai-Lin Tsai, Michael A. Horberg, Charles P. Quesenberry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:AIDS Research and Treatment
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/570546