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Rates of new infections in British Columbia continue to decline at a faster rate than in other Canadian regions Hogg, Robert S.; Nosyk, Bohdan; Harrigan, Paul Richard; Das Lima, Viviane; Chan, Keith; Heath, Katherine V.; Wood, Evan; Kerr, Thomas; Montaner, Julio

Abstract

We evaluated changes in rates of new HIV diagnoses in Canada. Our analyses were based on Health Canada data obtained for the period 1995 to 2011. British Columbia, of all Canadian jurisdictions, has had the largest decline in the rate of HIV new diagnoses and in lifetime costs averted over the study period.

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Rates of new infections in British Columbia continue to decline at a faster rate than in other Canadian regions
Creator
Hogg, Robert S.; Nosyk, Bohdan; Harrigan, Paul Richard; Das Lima, Viviane; Chan, Keith; Heath, Katherine V.; Wood, Evan; Kerr, Thomas; Montaner, Julio
Contributor
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Date Issued
2015-08-17
Description
We evaluated changes in rates of new HIV diagnoses in Canada. Our analyses were based on Health Canada data obtained for the period 1995 to 2011. British Columbia, of all Canadian jurisdictions, has had the largest decline in the rate of HIV new diagnoses and in lifetime costs averted over the study period.
Geographic Location
Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2017-01-23
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0340661
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/60283
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC
Citation
Hogg, R., Nosyk, B., Harrigan, P., Lima, V., Chan, K., Heath, K., Wood, E., Kerr, T., & Montaner, J. (2013). Rates of new infections in British Columbia continue to decline at a faster rate than in other Canadian regions. HIV Medicine, 14(9), 581–582
Publisher DOI
10.1111/hiv.12079
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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