• David P Eisenman, William E Cunningham, Sally Zierler, Terry T Nakazono, Martin F Shapiro, and HCSUS Consortium.
• Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif., USA. deisenman@mednet.ucla.edu
• J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Feb 1; 18 (2): 125127125-7.

AbstractWe analyzed the HIV Costs and Service Utilization Study data to determine the association of violence, assessed at baseline, with utilization of and access to health care at follow-up, among gay/bisexual male, heterosexual female, and heterosexual male HIV/AIDS patients. In multivariate analyses, male gay/bisexual violence victims had increased odds of reporting emergency department visits (odds ratio [OR], 1.74; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.20 to 2.52), going without needed medical care because of expense (OR, 1.83; 95% CI, 1.06 to 3.18), and having poor ability to access medical specialists (OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.05 to 3.67). Further research is required to understand the association of violence with health care among gay/bisexual men with HIV/AIDS.

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