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The American journal of managed care
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of management strategies and clinical status on costs of care for advanced HIV.
To determine the association between preexisting characteristics and current health and the cost of different types of advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care. ⋯ The association between health status and cost depended on the type of care. Indicators of poor health were associated with higher inpatient and concomitant medication costs and lower cost for ART medication. Although ART has supplanted hospitalization as the most important cost in HIV care, some patients continue to incur high hospitalization costs in periods when they are using less ART. The cost of interventions to improve the use of ART might be offset by the reduction of other costs.