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| J G KahnSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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HIV prevention costs and program scale: data from the PANCEA project in five low and middle-income countriesElliot Marseille
Institute of Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 7:108. 2007..Information on the relationship between scale and unit costs is critical to project the cost of global HIV prevention efforts and to allocate prevention resources efficiently...- Access to and use of HIV antiretroviral therapy: variation by race/ethnicity in two public insurance programs in the U.SJames G Kahn
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, Suite 265, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Public Health Rep 117:252-62; discussion 231-2. 2002..To examine access to and use of HIV highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) by race/ethnicity in Medicaid and the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) in 1998 in four states... - Health and federal budgetary effects of increasing access to antiretroviral medications for HIV by expanding MedicaidJ G Kahn
Institute for Health Policy Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
Am J Public Health 91:1464-73. 2001..OBJECTIVES. This study modeled the health and federal fiscal effects of expanding Medicaid for HIV-infected people to improve access to highly active antiretroviral therapy... 
Cost-effectiveness of the Mpowerment Project, a community-level intervention for young gay menJ G Kahn
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies CAPS and AIDS Research Institute ARI, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 27:482-91. 2001..Previous evaluation demonstrated that the Mpowerment Project community-level intervention for young gay men reduces HIV risk behaviors. The current analysis was undertaken to estimate the intervention's health and economic outcomes...- The efficacy of medical abortion: a meta-analysisJ G Kahn
Institute for Health Policy Studies and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
Contraception 61:29-40. 2000..We conclude that both mifepristone and methotrexate, when administered with misoprostol, have high levels of success at < or =49 days gestation but may have lower efficacy at longer gestation... - The cost of health insurance administration in California: estimates for insurers, physicians, and hospitalsJames G Kahn
Institute for Health Policy Studies IHPS, University of California, San Francisco UCSF, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:1629-39. 2005..Physician offices spend 27 percent and 14 percent, and hospitals, 21 percent and 7-11 percent, respectively. Overall, BIR represents 20-22 percent of privately insured spending in California acute care settings... - Use of cost-effectiveness analysis to evaluate new technologies in orthopaedics. The case of alternative bearing surfaces in total hip arthroplastyKevin J Bozic
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus, MU 320W, San Francisco, CA 94143 0728, USA
J Bone Joint Surg Am 88:706-14. 2006..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the use of alternative bearings in total hip arthroplasty... - Cost-effectiveness of male circumcision for HIV prevention in a South African settingJames G Kahn
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS Med 3:e517. 2006..The objective of this study is to present the first cost-effectiveness analysis of the use of MC as an intervention to reduce the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa... - Increasing access to care for the uninsured: considering the options in California countiesAnnette Gardner
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 17:830-50. 2006..Second, the state may move closer to access to health care for all as it recognizes the complementarity of county programs... - The cost of a rapid-test VCT clinic in South AfricaColine E McConnel
Institute for Health Policy Studies and AIDS Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, USA
S Afr Med J 95:968-71. 2005..Demand for HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) will increase as HIV prevention and treatment scale up in South Africa. Understanding the cost of delivering VCT will inform funding decisions... - Responding to racial and ethnic disparities in use of HIV drugs: analysis of state policiesStephen F Morin
AIDS Policy Research Center, University of California San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Public Health Rep 117:263-72; discussion 231-2. 2002.... 
'Mobile' health needs and opportunities in developing countriesJames G Kahn
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:252-8. 2010..We examine various m-health applications and define the risks and benefits of each. We find positive examples but little solid evaluation of clinical or economic performance, which highlights the need for such evaluation...- Estimation of unmet need for HIV primary medical care: a framework and three case studiesKathryn Ikard
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 17:26-38. 2005..The field tests suggest that the unmet need framework provides an approach which can be used by states and metropolitan areas to estimate the number of individuals with unmet need for HIV primary medical care... - HIV prevention before HAART in sub-Saharan AfricaElliot Marseille
Institute for Health Policy Studies, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, and AIDS Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0936, San Francisco CA 94143, USA
Lancet 359:1851-6. 2002..The findings and recommendations of this analysis pertain to the phasing in of additional HIV-related activities during the current period of improved but inadequate funding... - Cost-effectiveness of prevention referrals for high-risk HIV-negatives in San FranciscoK S Heumann
Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, USA
AIDS Care 13:637-42. 2001..We conclude that providing HIV prevention referrals to high-risk seronegatives receiving antibody testing imposes significant costs, but has attractive cost-effectiveness when applied to a large high-risk population... - Which unruptured cerebral aneurysms should be treated? A cost-utility analysisS C Johnston
Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0114, USA
Neurology 52:1806-15. 1999..To determine which unruptured cerebral aneurysms should be treated considering the risks. benefits, and costs... - A saga in international HIV policy modeling: preventing mother-to-child HIV transmissionJames G Kahn
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, USA
J Policy Anal Manage 21:499-505. 2002 - The impact of male circumcision on HIV transmissionSean M Doyle
Department of Urology, Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94143 1695, USA
J Urol 183:21-6. 2010..Adult male circumcision is currently being implemented as an HIV prevention strategy worldwide. We reviewed the literature on adult male circumcision in the prevention of HIV... - Two- to sixfold decreased odds of HIV risk behavior associated with use of syringe exchangeDavid R Gibson
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento 95817, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 31:237-42. 2002..We conclude that use of the exchange had a substantial protective effect against HIV risk behavior and may have been especially critical for IDUs without other sources of syringes... - Avoiding missed opportunities for immunization in the Central African Republic: potential impact on vaccination coverageJ G Kahn
Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 94109, USA
Bull World Health Organ 73:47-55. 1995..The method used serves as a valuable adjunct to evaluations of missed opportunities based on exit interviews at health facilities.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS).. - The effect of health insurance on medical care utilization and implications for insurance expansion: a review of the literatureThomas C Buchmueller
University of California, Irvine, USA
Med Care Res Rev 62:3-30. 2005..Insurance coverage also increases inpatient utilization for children and adults; for children, there is some evidence that insurance coverage reduces ambulatory care sensitive hospital admissions... - Effect of race and/or ethnicity in use of antiretrovirals and prophylaxis for opportunistic infection: a review of the literatureHerminia Palacio
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Affairs Medical Center 152, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Public Health Rep 117:233-51; discussion 231-2. 2002.... - Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaLalit Dandona
George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India
BMC Health Serv Res 8:26. 2008..PMTCT services are mostly provided at public sector government hospitals in India. Systematic data on the cost and efficiency of providing PMTCT services in India are not available readily for further planning... - Cost and efficiency of public sector sexually transmitted infection clinics in Andhra Pradesh, IndiaLalit Dandona
Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
BMC Health Serv Res 5:69. 2005..Data on the cost and efficiency of providing STI services in India are not available to help guide efficient use of public resources for these services... - HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India: outputs, cost and efficiencyLalit Dandona
Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India
BMC Public Health 5:98. 2005..Systematic data on the outputs, cost and efficiency for HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers in India are not readily available to understand programme functioning and guide efficient use of resources... - The costs and benefits of private sector provision of treatment to HIV-infected employees in Kampala, UgandaElliot Marseille
Health Strategies International, Orinda, California 94563, USA
AIDS 20:907-14. 2006..The objective of this study was to determine the financial incentives that companies have to treat HIV-infected employees, in a health care services company in Kampala, Uganda... - Assessing the efficiency of HIV prevention around the world: methods of the PANCEA projectElliot Marseille
Health Serv Res 39:1993-2012. 2004..These methods can provide comprehensive services and cost data, which may carry valuable information for the allocation of HIV prevention resources... - Cost-effectiveness of home-based chlorination and safe water storage in reducing diarrhea among HIV-affected households in rural UgandaRam K Shrestha
Global AIDS Program, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 20333, USA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:884-90. 2006..SWS is an effective intervention whose cost-effectiveness is sensitive to diarrhea-related mortality, diarrhea incidence, and effective clinical management... - Preventing HIV in injection drug users: choosing the best mix of interventions for the populationAmy R Wilson
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA
J Urban Health 80:465-81. 2003..Models and analyses such as those presented here may help decision makers adapt individual prevention programs to their own communities and to reallocate resources among programs to reflect the evolution of their own epidemics... - Public health. Reassessing HIV preventionMalcolm Potts
School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Science 320:749-50. 2008 - Changing cost of HIV interventions in the context of scaling-up in IndiaLalit Dandona
George Institute for International Health India, Hyderabad, India
AIDS 22:S43-9. 2008..A rapid scaling up of HIV interventions in India is anticipated, but systematic information on how costs of HIV interventions change over time and programme scale is not available to inform planning... - Cost-effectiveness of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis among persons with HIV in UgandaChristian Pitter
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, 1140 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:336-43. 2007..We assessed the cost-effectiveness of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for persons living with HIV in rural Uganda...