[Human immunodeficiency virus infections and hospital structures: trends in the Public Assistance of Paris].

The evolution of the number of patients with the AIDS virus admitted to the Paris hospitals is monitored by two index systems, one based on the discharge diagnosis and the other a transverse inquiry on a given day, updated every three months since its conception at the beginning of 1986. This index also allows an evaluation of the number of patients consulting for this condition. In 1986, AIDS and AIDS related complexes (ARC) represented 1 p. 100 of the activity of the Assistance Publique Paris hospitals including all in- and outpatients. These conditions will probably account for 2 p. 100 of the activity in 1987. The duration of cumulated hospital stay is on average 30 days per year for AIDS and ARC, divided into roughly 3 admissions, with a tendency towards more under-24 hour stays and domiciliary care. The clinical departments looking after these patients are varied and increasing in number, but most of the work is carried out by Departments of Infectious and Parasitic Medicine.