Mortality Among Hiv-Infected Patients in Resource Limited Settings: A Case Controlled Analysis of Inpatients at a Community Care Center (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) (Clinical Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION According to India's National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), the prevalence of HIV in the country is now 0.3%. Even with this reduced prevalence, India would still contribute to 30% of the HIV epidemic in Asia [1]. The national government is engaged in addressing the devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic utilizing several interventions, including free access to antiretroviral therapy launched in 2004 [2]. Although increased access to treatment is likely to reduce mortality among HIV-infected individuals, there are studies in India that show that AIDS-related deaths is still about 9.73% in the present HAART era [3]. Under the prevailing conditions, it is important for clinicians, epidemiologists and policy makers to understand predictors of mortality in these individuals in order to formulate adjunct measures to prolong disease-free survival among HIV-infected individuals. The study described herein aimed to examine factors that predicted death among inpatients in the clinical setting of guidelines-based HAART access.