HIV Special Surveillance Report, Number 6. Clinical and Behavioral Characteristics of Adults Receiving Medical Care for HIV Infection. Medical Monitoring Project 2005 Pilot Data Collection Cycle

摘要

Although the HIV/AIDS Reporting System (eHARS) is the cornerstone of surveillance of HIV disease, supplemental surveillance projects have provided additional information about care seeking, health care utilization, and behaviors. In 2005, in response to an Institute of Medicine Report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) implemented the Medical Monitoring Project (MMP), a nationally representative, population-based surveillance system to assess clinical and behavioral outcomes among HIV-infected persons. In future cycles, MMP data will be used to provide nationally representative estimates of clinical and behavioral indicators among HIV-infected persons receiving care in the United States and to describe HIV co-morbidities, disease management, and quality of care. The data will also be used to identify gaps in services and allocate local HIV/AIDS services and resources for this population. This surveillance report focuses on interview data from the pilot MMP cycle, during which information was collected on patients in care during 2005. Data were collected during January 2006-August 2007. Interviews were conducted in 10 project areas: Delaware, Houston (Texas), Los Angeles County (California), Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), South Carolina, Texas, and Washington.