Publications by authors named "Yin-Han Lu"
Article Synopsis
- Frequent attenders (FAs) in Taiwan are individuals who visit healthcare services more than 18 times a year, and they significantly affect medical resources and care quality.
- A study in northeastern Taiwan analyzed outpatient data from a clinic in six fishing villages, identifying 119 FAs and 1467 non-frequent attenders (NFAs) and found that FAs tended to be older and had higher healthcare costs.
- The research highlighted that FAs were particularly linked to specific health issues such as musculoskeletal, hematological, endocrine diseases, and mental disorders, indicating a need for better definitions and data on FAs in Taiwan.
Objective: We aimed to elucidate the rates of repeat HIV testing and incident HIV diagnosis, and baseline CD4+ T cell count among individuals attending HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) clinics in Wuxi, China.
Methods: A repeat HIV testing within 12 months was recorded if individuals had their first test with negative results, during 2013-2014 and retested within 12 months. An incident HIV diagnosis was recorded if individuals had their first test with negative results, during 2013-2015 and had a subsequent positive result at any point by the end of 2015.