Six months later: The effect of Hurricane Katrina on health care for persons living with HIV/AIDS in New Orleans
Six months later: The effect of Hurricane Katrina on health care for persons living with HIV/AIDS in New Orleans
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DOI：
10.1080/09540120600838688
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Lincoln, Kathleen
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作者：
Clark, Rebecca A.;Besch, Lynn;Lincoln, Kathleen
据估计，近13 000名路易斯安那州艾滋病毒/艾滋病感染者生活在卡特里娜飓风受灾地区。虽然在新奥尔良飓风过后的几个星期内提供了最低限度的普通门诊初级保健服务，但获得抗逆转录病毒药物是一个早期问题。最大的艾滋病毒护理提供者，新奥尔良艾滋病毒门诊计划（HOP）的路易斯安那州医疗中心，能够在10月中旬协助获得药物，并于11月的第一周在临时地点开设了一家艾滋病毒诊所。自HOP诊所开业以来的五个月里，服务慢慢扩大，但仍然有限。飓风过后六个月，微生物研究仍然无法在诊所进行，没有保险的病人必须旅行至少70英里才能得到专科护理。作者根据新奥尔良的经验，对其他照顾艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的中心的灾难规划提出了建议。
Nearly 13,000 Louisiana residents with HIV/AIDS were estimated to be living in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Although minimal general outpatient primary care services were available within a few weeks following the hurricane in New Orleans, access to antiretroviral medications was an early problem. The largest HIV care provider, the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans HIV Outpatient Program (HOP), was able to assist in obtaining medications mid-October and opened an HIV clinic the first week of November in a temporary location. Services have slowly expanded in the five months since the HOP clinic opened but remain limited. Six months following the hurricane, microbiologic studies are still unable to be performed in clinic and uninsured patients must travel at least 70 miles for subspecialty care. The authors suggest recommendations for disaster planning for other centers caring for persons with HIV/AIDS based on the New Orleans experience.