The health impact of supportive housing for HIV-positive homeless patients: a randomized controlled trial

D. Buchanan, R. Kee, L.S. Sadowski and D. Garcia

American Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 99, issue S3, S675-680

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: We assessed the health impact of a housing and case management program, the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership, for homeless people with HIV. METHODS: HIV-positive homeless inpatients at a public hospital (n = 105) were randomized to usual care or permanent housing with intensive case management. The primary outcome was survival with intact immunity, defined as CD4 count > or = 200 and viral load

Date: 2009
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