Unhealthy Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use Are Associated With Decreased Quality of HIV Care
Korthuis PT, Fiellin DA, McGinnis KA, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Gordon AJ, Doebler DA, Asch SM, Fiellin LE, Bryant K, Gibert CL, Crystal S, Goetz MB, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Kraemer KL. Unhealthy Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use Are Associated With Decreased Quality of HIV Care. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2012, 61: 171-178. PMID: 22820808, PMCID: PMC3460799, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e31826741aa.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnhealthy alcohol useIllicit drug useDrug useAlcohol useUnhealthy alcoholHIV careCohort studySubstance useVeterans Aging Cohort StudyRetrospective cohort studyAging Cohort StudySuboptimal health outcomesMultivariable linear regressionSubstance use dataVeteran patientsMean ageMedical recordsMultivariable modelDecreased qualityMAIN OUTCOMEPatientsHealth outcomesHIVMean percentageQuality indicators