Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 104-112 , May 2006

Gender differences in quality of HIV care in Ryan White CARE Act-funded clinics

  • Lisa R. Hirschhorn, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Harvard Medical School Division of AIDS, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Hirschhorn, Harvard Medical School Division of AIDS, The Landmark Center, 401 Park Drive Second Floor East, Boston, MA 02215; Phone: 617-384-9035; fax: 617-384-9037.
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  • Keith McInnes, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Bruce E. Landon, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Ira B. Wilson, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Lin Ding, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Peter V. Marsden, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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  • Faye Malitz, MS

      Affiliations

    • Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Rockville, Maryland
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  • Paul D. Cleary, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 24 October 2005 ,Accepted 7 February 2006.

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PII: S1049-3867(06)00021-1

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.02.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 104-112 , May 2006

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