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HIV patients' experiences with inpatient and outpatient care: results of a national surveyIra B Wilson
Division of Clinical Care Research, Department of Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center 345, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Med Care 40:1149-60. 2002..Little is known about HIV patients' care experiences...- Relation of lean body mass to health-related quality of life in persons with HIVI B Wilson
Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 24:137-46. 2000..To determine the nature and strength of the relation between lean body mass and measures of health-related quality-of-living (HRQL) including physical functioning in men and women with HIV... - Changes in lean body mass and total body weight are weakly associated with physical functioning in patients with HIV infectionI B Wilson
Division of Clinical Care Research, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
HIV Med 3:263-70. 2002.... - Patterns of adherence with antiretroviral medications: an examination of between-medication differencesI B Wilson
Division of Clinical Care Research and Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 28:259-63. 2001..To determine whether adherence with one antiretroviral medication reliably predicts adherence with other antiretroviral medications... - Physician-patient communication in HIV disease: the importance of patient, physician, and visit characteristicsI B Wilson
Department of Clinical Care Research, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 25:417-25. 2000.... - Costs and outcomes of AIDS care: comparing a health maintenance organization with fee-for-service systems in the Boston Health StudyI B Wilson
Primary Care Outcomes Research Institute and Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02111, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 17:424-32. 1998..A 4-month observational cohort study was performed to compare the performance of one health maintenance organization (HMO) with two fee-for-service (FFS) systems in Boston, Massachusetts in treating 255 patients with AIDS... - Effect of resistance training on self-reported physical functioning in HIV infectionR Roubenoff
Department of Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 33:1811-7. 2001.... - Taking antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection: learning from patients' storiesM B Laws
Latino Health Institute Center for Research on Culture and Health and the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass, USA
J Gen Intern Med 15:848-58. 2000..To describe how people with HIV understand and experience the problem of adhering to antiretroviral medication regimens... - Patients' role in the use of radiology testing for common office practice complaintsI B Wilson
Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass 02111, USA
Arch Intern Med 161:256-63. 2001..However, little is known about the correlates of the use of those services, particularly the influence of patients' preferences on physicians' utilization decisions... - Clinical understanding and clinical implications of response shiftI B Wilson
Primary Care Outcomes Research Institute and the Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center 345, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Soc Sci Med 48:1577-88. 1999.... - The quality of care received by HIV patients without a primary providerL Ding
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
AIDS Care 20:35-42. 2008..We conclude that having a primary HIV care provider who is knowledgeable about a patient's care is related to the quality of medical care received by persons with HIV infection... - Differences in patient and clinic characteristics at CARE Act funded versus non-CARE Act funded HIV clinicsK McInnes
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 5899, USA
AIDS Care 16:851-7. 2004..g. mental health, nutrition, case management, child care). These results are consistent with findings of other studies that were limited by non-probability samples or restricted geographical areas... - Voluntary physician switching by human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals: a national study of patient, physician, and organizational factorsHector P Rodriguez
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Med Care 45:189-98. 2007..We sought to assess which patient, physician, and organizational factors are related to voluntary physician switching among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients... - Declines in dietary macronutrient intake in persons with HIV infection who develop depressionRita Isaac
1Nutrition Infection Unit, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Public Health Nutr 11:124-31. 2008..The effect of depression on dietary intake has not, to our knowledge, been examined in persons with HIV infection... - Better physician-patient relationships are associated with higher reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV infectionJohn Schneider
Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Ill, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:1096-103. 2004..In addition, our data suggest that it is critical to investigate and incorporate patients' belief systems about antiretroviral therapy into adherence discussions, and to identify and treat mental disorders... - Understanding the role of HIV load in determining weight change in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapyD Mkaya Mwamburi
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:167-73. 2005..In this prospective cohort study, we determined the relationship between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA load and body weight in patients with HIV infection... - A national study of the relationship of care site HIV specialization to early adoption of highly active antiretroviral therapyIra B Wilson
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Med Care 43:12-20. 2005..CONCLUSION: In 1996 there were wide variations in rates of HAART use by site of care. Low-volume sites that do not specialize in HIV care should take measures to ensure that HIV expertise is available to their patients... - A comparison of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of 3 intervention strategies for AIDS wastingAbby H Shevitz
Nutrition Infection Unit, Department of Community Health, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 38:399-406. 2005..To compare oxandrolone (OX) or strength training with nutrition alone (NA) for AIDS wasting... - Predictors and consequences of negative physician attitudes toward HIV-infected injection drug usersLin Ding
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:618-23. 2005..Providing education or experience-based exercises or ensuring that clinicians have adequate time to deal with complex problems might result in better attitudes and higher quality of care... - Cost-related skipping of medications and other treatments among Medicare beneficiaries between 1998 and 2000. Results of a national studyIra B Wilson
The Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:715-20. 2005..To report rates of cost-related skipping of medications and other treatments, assess correlates of skipping, examine changes in skipping between 1998 and 2000, and identify factors associated with changes in skipping... - Clinician gender is more important than gender concordance in quality of HIV careMary Sue Beran
Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gend Med 4:72-84. 2007..Less is known about how physician gender and gender concordance affect care for chronic illnesses, including HIV... - Quality of HIV care provided by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physiciansIra B Wilson
Tufts New England Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Ann Intern Med 143:729-36. 2005..Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are primary care providers for patients with HIV in some clinics, but little is known about the quality of care that they provide... - The reliability of survey assessments of characteristics of medical clinicsPeter V Marsden
Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Health Serv Res 41:265-83. 2006..Studies of such characteristics should report the organizational level reliability of the measures used... - Insulin resistance in HIV-infected men and women in the nutrition for healthy living cohortClara Y Jones
Division of Nutrition and Infectious Disease, Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 40:202-11. 2005..We evaluated insulin resistance (IR) in an HIV-infected cohort and compared our results with those of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES III)... - Antidepressant use: concordance between self-report and claims recordsAnne Kwon
Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Med Care 41:368-74. 2003..Our assessment of discordant cases showed self-report to be more valid than claims to assess current antidepressant use for depression therapy... - Use of complementary and alternative therapies by patients with human immunodeficiency virus disease in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapyIoana Bica
Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine and New England Medical Center Hospitals, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Altern Complement Med 9:65-76. 2003..Even among poorly educated, nongay male patients with insecure housing, rates of ingested CAM use were substantial. Physicians should routinely ask about ingested CAM therapy use and become knowledgeable about potential hazards... - Relationship of HIV viral loads, CD4 counts, and HAART use to health-related quality of lifeChristopher J Gill
Division of Clinical Care Research, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 30:485-92. 2002..For adherent patients, these adverse effects of HAART on PF are likely to be outweighed by the positive effects that HAART exerts through lowering VL and increasing CD4 counts... - Primary care experiences of medicare beneficiaries, 1998 to 2000Jana E Montgomery
The Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:991-8. 2004..In an era marked by substantial national investment in quality monitoring, measures of these elements of care are notably absent from the nation's portfolio of quality indicators... - Primary care quality in the Medicare Program: comparing the performance of Medicare health maintenance organizations and traditional fee-for-service medicareDana Gelb Safran
The Health Institute, 750 Washington St, Box 345, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:757-65. 2002..Little information exists to inform beneficiaries' choices between the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare program and an HMO... - Gender differences in quality of HIV care in Ryan White CARE Act-funded clinicsLisa R Hirschhorn
Harvard Medical School Division of AIDS, The Landmark Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Womens Health Issues 16:104-12. 2006..We examined differences in care received by HIV-infected women and men in a national sample of Ryan White CARE Act-funded clinics and explored the influence of clinic characteristics on care quality... - Physician-patient communication about prescription medication nonadherence: a 50-state study of America's seniorsIra B Wilson
Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:6-12. 2007..Understanding and improving the quality of medication management is particularly important in the context of the Medicare prescription drug benefit that took effect last January 2006... - The impact of a quality improvement program on systems, processes, and structures in medical clinicsD Keith McInnes
Department of Health Care Policy, Division of General Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Med Care 45:463-71. 2007..We sought to assess whether participation in a quality-improvement collaborative changed care processes, systems, and organization of outpatient human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinics... - Optimal recall period and response task for self-reported HIV medication adherenceMinyi Lu
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Department of Medicine, Tufts New England Medical Center, 345, 750 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111, USA
AIDS Behav 12:86-94. 2008..We conclude that 1-month recall periods may be more accurate than 3- or 7-day periods, and that items that ask respondents to rate their adherence may be more accurate than those that ask about frequencies or percents... - A new method for evaluating the quality of medical interpretationM Barton Laws
Latin American Health Institute, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Med Care 42:71-80. 2004..To develop and implement a method to evaluate the quality of medical interpretation in a pediatric outpatient setting and explore the patterns and correlates of errors and failures in translation... - Correlations among measures of quality in HIV care in the United States: cross sectional studyIra B Wilson
Department of Medicine, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Care Policy, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
BMJ 335:1085. 2007..To determine whether a selected set of indicators can represent a single overall quality construct... - The effect of care team composition on the quality of HIV careHector P Rodriguez
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Med Care Res Rev 65:88-113. 2008..These findings indicate both advantages and disadvantages to having multiple clinicians. More effort should be devoted to facilitating coordination when multiple clinicians provide care... - Specialty training and specialization among physicians who treat HIV/AIDS in the United StatesBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:12-22. 2002..To assess the association of specialty training and experience in the care of HIV disease with HIV-specific knowledge, referral patterns, and HIV-related education activities... - The relationship of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression to antiretroviral medication adherence in persons with HIVAna Maria Vranceanu
Department of Psychology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Fenway Community Health Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 22:313-21. 2008.... - Effects of a quality improvement collaborative on the outcome of care of patients with HIV infection: the EQHIV studyBruce E Landon
Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Ann Intern Med 140:887-96. 2004..Multi-institution collaborative quality improvement programs are a well-established and broadly applicable quality improvement strategy, but there is little systematic assessment their effectiveness... - Regarding: "Antidepressant treatment improves adherence to antiretroviral therapy among depressed HIV-infected patients"Ira B Wilson
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 41:254-5; author reply 255. 2006 - The impact of a pharmacist intervention on 6-month outcomes in depressed primary care patientsDavid A Adler
Department of Medicine, The Health Institute, Division of Clinical Care Research, T NEMC, Boston, MA, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 26:199-209. 2004..Difficult-to-treat subgroups may benefit from pharmacists' care... - Disparities in HIV treatment and physician attitudes about delaying protease inhibitors for nonadherent patientsMitchell D Wong
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095 1736, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:366-74. 2004..Current HIV treatment guidelines recommend delaying antiretroviral therapy for nonadherent patients, which some fear may disproportionately affect certain populations and contribute to disparities in care... - Comparing megestrol acetate therapy with oxandrolone therapy for HIV-related weight loss: similar results in 2 monthsD Mkaya Mwamburi
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:895-902. 2004..74). In conclusion, megestrol acetate therapy and oxandrolone therapy have similar effects on body weight and composition and are safe and well-tolerated during HAART... - Difficulty swallowing and lack of receipt of highly active antiretroviral therapy predict acute weight loss in human immunodeficiency virus diseaseDenise L Jacobson
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
Clin Infect Dis 37:1349-56. 2003..Even when HAART is being administered, clinicians should remain vigilant regarding weight loss, oral symptoms, and trouble swallowing... - Do physicians not offer useful services because of coverage restrictions?Matthew K Wynia
Institute for Ethics, American Medical Association, Chicago, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:190-7. 2003..It can be frustrating for doctors to discuss uncovered services with their patients, but open communication is necessary for shared decision making and to improve coverage decisions... - Prescription drug coverage and seniors: findings from a 2003 national surveyDana Gelb Safran
Health Institute at Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) . 2005..We discuss MMA's potential to improve quality and the need to monitor performance... - Depression screening instruments made good severity measures in a cross-sectional analysisWilliam H Rogers
The Health Institute, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts-New England Medical Center (T-NEMC, 750 Washington Street, Box 345, Boston, MA 02111, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 58:370-7. 2005..Good screeners for depression can also be good severity instruments. Exploiting screeners as severity instruments can significantly reduce response burden without sacrificing performance... - Physician specialization and the quality of care for human immunodeficiency virus infectionBruce E Landon
Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1133-9. 2005..We sought to assess the relationship between specialty training and expertise and the quality of care delivered to patients with HIV infection... - Hospital economics of the hospitalistDouglas Gregory
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Health Serv Res 38:905-18; discussion 919-22. 2003..Throughput improvements occasioned by the hospitalist program with high baseline occupancy levels are substantial and tend to favor a hospitalist program... - Physician specialization and antiretroviral therapy for HIVBruce E Landon
Received from the Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BEL and the Department of Health Care Policy BEL, PDC, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:233-41. 2003..The changing nature of HIV care has important implications for the types of physicians that can best care for patients with HIV infection... - Cystatin C and creatinine in an HIV cohort: the nutrition for healthy living studyClara Y Jones
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Am J Kidney Dis 51:914-24. 2008..Serum creatinine level may underestimate the prevalence of CKD in subjects with decreased lean body mass or liver disease. Level of serum cystatin C, an alternative kidney function marker, is independent of lean body mass...