The Number of Patients with HIV/AIDS Treated in Area Hospitals Specializing in AIDS Treatment in Japan

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  • エイズ治療の拠点病院におけるＨＩＶ／ＡＩＤＳの受療者数
  • エキガク エイズ チリョウ ノ キョテン ビョウイン ニ オケル HIV AIDS ノ ジュリョウシャスウ

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Objective: To examine the number of patients with HIV/AIDS treated in area hospitals specializing in AIDS treatment in Japan.<BR>Material and Methods: A questionnaire was distributed to the 365 area hospitals specializing in AIDS treatment by mail from April through June in 2001. We asked the number of HIV-infected persons and AIDS cases treated in the hospital on April 1, 2001 according to route of infection (infected through blood products/other routes) and nationality (Japanese/non-Japanese).<BR>Results: Of the 365 hospitals, 347 (95%) responded. The total number of patients was 4097, which included 2964 HIV-infected persons and 1133 AIDS cases. Among the 4097 patients, 984 patients were infected through blood products, and as for patients infected by other routes, the number of patients among Japanese was 2663 while 450 were non-Japanese. One hundred and nineteen hospitals (34%) treated no patients, while 3% of the hospitals treated fifty or more. The numbers of patients infected through blood products in our study are nearly the same as those obtained from a national survey of patients infected with HIV by blood products. Because the reported number in the national survey is considered to be very accurate, it is suggested our results reflect the number of patients with HIV/AIDS treated in all the hospitals in Japan almost perfectly. However, the numbers of patients infected through other routes in our study were smaller than the estimates obtained from the surveillance report of HIV/AIDS. This is because among Japanese HIV-infected persons, not a few patients stop visiting hospitals after a diagnosis of HIV infection.<BR>Conclusion: About four thousands and one hundred HIV/AIDS patients were under treatment in Japan. There existed substantial variation in the number of patients treated among the hospitals. Not a few patients discontinued hospital visits after a diagnosis of HIV infection.

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