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The South Carolina HIV Cascade of Care

Objectives: In recent years, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cascade of care describing the spectrum of engagement in HIV care from diagnosis to virologic suppression has been used widely in determining the progress and success in public health efforts to control the HIV epidemic. For more than a decade South…

Posted in: HIV 30 South Carolina 4

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus Morbidity and Outpatient Palivizumab Dosing in South Carolina, 2004–2009

Objective: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been identified as an important cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants. In patients at high risk, prevention is attempted through immunoprophylaxis with palivizumab. In 2008, as a result of revisions to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ guidelines, South Carolina Medicaid reduced the…

Posted in: morbidity 5 palivizumab 2 respiratory syncytial virus 2 South Carolina 4

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Hospitalists and Improved Cost Savings in Patients With Bacterial Pneumonia at a State Level

Objectives: In the hospitalist literature, most studies have focused on outcomes related to cost savings for individual hospital systems. This study sought to determine if hospitalists could improve cost savings at a state level. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of a statewide database for inpatients in 2002 with bacterial…

Posted in: community-acquired pneumonia 2 hospitalist 6 length of stay 14 South Carolina 4

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The Prevalence of Leisure-Time Physical Activity Among Diabetics in South Carolina

Background: Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death among South Carolinians. The benefit of physical activity on the control and prevention of diabetes has been established. This study determined the prevalence of leisure-time physical activity among South Carolinians with and without diabetes and compared the physical activity of those…

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