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. 2006 Jul 19;2006(3):CD004348. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004348.pub2

Curtis 1997.

Methods Retrospective cohort
Participants 345 subjects (Hospital A = 209, Hospital B = 136). 
 Hospital A = 96.7% Male 
 2.9% Female 
 83.3% White 
 4.8% Black 
 6.2% Hispanic 
 Mean age = 36 years 
 Hospital B = 
 75.7% Male 
 24.3% Female 
 28.7% White 
 39.7% Black 
 23.5% Hispanic 
 Mean age = 37 years.
Interventions CLINIC, HOSPITAL, OR WARD VOLUME OF HIV/AIDS PATIENTS: 
 Hospital B cared for five times more patients with PCP than Hospital A.
Outcomes MORTALITY: 
 Survival to hospital discharge 
 OR = 1.2 (CI: .7‐2.0). 
 HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION: 
 # of days in hospital: 
 Hospital A ‐ 14.8 days 
 Hospital B ‐ 13.9 days p value = 0.5
Notes No significant difference in hospital survival btw the two institutions.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk D ‐ Not used