Fahs M C, Fulop G, Strain J, Sacks H S, Muller C, Cleary P D, Schmeidler J, Turner B
Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029.
Am J Public Health. 1992 Apr;82(4):576-8. doi: 10.2105/ajph.82.4.576.
An AIDS unit model ("cluster beds") and a general inpatient placement model ("scatter beds") in a major teaching hospital were compared to determine whether they differed on several dimensions of care. After controlling for severity of illness, (the major predictor of admission to the AIDS unit), length of stay, charges, and inpatient mortality rates did not differ between the two settings. Equal proportions of White, Hispanic, male, and privately insured patients were found in both settings. Nursing staff turnover rates were comparable to those of other sites. However, the data raise new issues regarding access to AIDS units for older, Black, and female patients.
在一家大型教学医院，对艾滋病单元模式（“集中床位”）和普通住院安置模式（“分散床位”）进行了比较，以确定它们在护理的几个维度上是否存在差异。在控制了疾病严重程度（进入艾滋病单元的主要预测因素）之后，两种环境下的住院时间、费用和住院死亡率并无差异。在两种环境中，白人、西班牙裔、男性和私人保险患者的比例相同。护理人员流动率与其他场所相当。然而，这些数据引发了有关老年、黑人及女性患者进入艾滋病单元的新问题。
