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A sustained virologic response reduces risk of all-cause mortality in patients with hepatitis CLisa I Backus
Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, California, USA
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 9:509-516.e1. 2011..The impact of SVR on all-cause mortality is not well documented by HCV genotype or in populations in routine medical practice with substantial comorbidities...
Pretreatment assessment and predictors of hepatitis C virus treatment in US veterans coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virusL I Backus
Center for Quality Management in Public Health Veterans Health Administration, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Viral Hepat 13:799-810. 2006..More research is needed to determine if the observed racial differences in starting HCV treatment reflect biological differences, provider behaviour or patient preference...
National quality forum performance measures for HIV/AIDS care: the Department of Veterans Affairs' experienceLisa I Backus
Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, 3801 Miranda Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1239-46. 2010..We assessed performance using available electronic data for the large, diverse population with HIV in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and evaluated the influence of patient and resource factors...
Predictors of response of US veterans to treatment for the hepatitis C virusLisa I Backus
Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA
Hepatology 46:37-47. 2007..Few of these factors affect the rate for genotype 2 patients, and even fewer do so for genotype 3 patients...
Clinical Case Registries: simultaneous local and national disease registries for population quality managementLisa I Backus
Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Palo Alto HCS, 3801 Miranda Avenue 132, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 16:775-83. 2009..Local and national reports covering demographics, resource usage, quality of care metrics and medication safety issues have been generated...
Postmarketing use of enfuvirtide in veterans: provider compliance with criteria for use, overall efficacy, and tolerabilityPamela S Belperio
Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Ann Pharmacother 42:1573-80. 2008..Because of its uniqueness, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented specific enfuvirtide prescribing and follow-up criteria (criteria for use; CFU) and then assessed providers' compliance with these criteria and outcomes...
Effects of hepatitis C virus coinfection on survival in veterans with HIV treated with highly active antiretroviral therapyLisa I Backus
Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Veterans Health Administration, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 39:613-9. 2005..Several studies have investigated the effect of coinfection on mortality, with conflicting results...
Provider prescribing of 4 antiretroviral agents after implementation of drug use guidelines in the Department of Veterans AffairsPamela S Belperio
Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, 3801 Miranda Ave M C 132, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Manag Care Pharm 15:323-34. 2009..These criteria are disseminated to all VHA facilities...
HIV, hepatitis C and HIV/hepatitis C virus co-infection in vulnerable populationsLisa I Backus
Center for Quality Management in Public Health, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, CA, USA
AIDS 19:S13-9. 2005..Given the overlap in viral illness and comorbidities, optimal models of integrated care need to be developed for populations with HIV, HCV, and HIV/HCV co-infection and who need substance abuse treatment or mental healthcare...
Trends in uptake of recently approved antiretrovirals within a national healthcare systemP S Belperio
Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for Quality Management in Public Health, Palo Alto, CA, USA
HIV Med 11:209-15. 2010..The aim of the study was to describe Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) system-wide uptake of three HIV protease inhibitors: atazanavir, darunavir and tipranavir...
Assessment and utilization of rapid virologic response in US veterans with chronic hepatitis C: evaluating provider adherence to practice guidelinesElizabeth W Hwang
Population Health Program Office of Public Health, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
J Clin Gastroenterol 47:264-70. 2013..As representative of overall provider adherence to practice guidelines, provider adherence to specific recommendations regarding rapid virologic response (RVR) was assessed...
Retention in care: a challenge to survival with HIV infectionThomas P Giordano
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:1493-9. 2007..Patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection need lifelong medical care, but many do not remain in care. The effect of poor retention in care on survival is not known, and we sought to quantify that relationship...
