Howitt D J, Mortimer J Y, Evans B G, Noone P A
Commun Dis Rep CDR Rev. 1995 Jul 21;5(8):R120-2.
An HIV information exchange was established to provide district health authorities (DHAs) with current demographic and epidemiological data on residents infected with HIV. Reporters in each DHA in the Thames regions were asked to collect information about all HIV infected individuals treated within their districts during 1993. The information was collated at the PHLS AIDS Centre and summary tables were distributed to the DHAs involved describing their residents. We received reports of 7760 people infected with HIV and who were treated in the Thames regions in 1993. Thirty-five per cent were treated outside the region where they lived, 22% were treated within their region but outside their district of residence, and 43% were treated in the DHA where they lived. For 30 of the 38 DHAs the number of resident patients exceeded the number treated within the district. This exchange of information between DHA of treatment and DHA of residence showed that it is possible to provide summaries of current HIV case loads based on place of residence without compromising confidentiality. It also confirmed that many patients choose to be treated away from their area of residence.
建立了一个艾滋病毒信息交流平台，以便为地区卫生当局（DHA）提供有关感染艾滋病毒居民的当前人口统计和流行病学数据。泰晤士地区各DHA的报告员被要求收集1993年期间在其辖区内接受治疗的所有艾滋病毒感染者的信息。这些信息在公共卫生实验室服务处艾滋病中心进行整理，并向相关的DHA分发了汇总表，描述其居民情况。我们收到了关于1993年在泰晤士地区接受治疗的7760名艾滋病毒感染者的报告。35%的人在其居住地区以外接受治疗，22%的人在其所在地区但不在其居住辖区内接受治疗，43%的人在其居住的DHA接受治疗。在38个DHA中，有30个DHA的常住患者人数超过了在该辖区内接受治疗的人数。治疗DHA和居住DHA之间的这种信息交流表明，在不损害保密性的情况下，有可能根据居住地提供当前艾滋病毒病例数量的汇总。这也证实了许多患者选择在其居住地区以外接受治疗。
