High-Cost, High-Need Users of Acute Unscheduled HIV Care: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background High-cost, high-need users are defined as patients who accumulate large numbers of emergency department visits and hospital admissions that might have been prevented by relatively inexpensive early interventions and primary care. This phenomenon has not been previously described in HIV-infected individuals. Methods We analyzed the health records of HIV-infected individuals using scheduled or unscheduled inpatient or outpatient health...