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Variations in the care of HIV-infected adults in the United States: results from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization StudyM F Shapiro
RAND Health Program, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
JAMA 281:2305-15. 1999..Studies of selected populations suggest that not all persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) receive adequate care...- Expenditures for the care of HIV-infected patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapyS A Bozzette
RAND Health, Santa Monica, California 90407 2318, USA
N Engl J Med 344:817-23. 2001..We examined expenditures for the care of HIV-infected patients since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy... 
HIV-infected parents and their children in the United StatesM A Schuster
RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90210 2138, USA
Am J Public Health 90:1074-81. 2000..This study sought to determine the number, characteristics, and living situations of children of HIV-infected adults...- Use of mental health and substance abuse treatment services among adults with HIV in the United StatesM A Burnam
RAND, 1700 Main St, PO Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:729-36. 2001.... - Impact of psychiatric conditions on health-related quality of life in persons with HIV infectionC D Sherbourne
RAND Health Division, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:248-54. 2000..This study estimates the burden on health-related quality of life associated with comorbid psychiatric conditions in a nationally representative sample of persons with HIV... - Variation in inpatient resource use in the treatment of HIV: do the privately insured receive more care?G F Joyce
RAND Health Sciences Program, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
Med Care 37:220-7. 1999..To estimate the impact of insurance status on inpatient resource use after adjusting for health upon admission and site of care... - End-of-life discussions and preferences among persons with HIVN S Wenger
University of California at Los Angeles Department of Medicine, GIM HSR, 911 Broxton Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
JAMA 285:2880-7. 2001..Even though the prognosis has improved for many persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, a need for planning remains... - Circumstances at HIV diagnosis and progression of disease in older HIV-infected AmericansD S Zingmond
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA Department of Medicine, 911 Broxton Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
Am J Public Health 91:1117-20. 2001..This study identified age-related differences in diagnosis and progression of HIV by analyzing a nationally representative sample of HIV-infected adults under care in the United States... - Reliability and validity of self-report CD4 counts-in persons hospitalized with HIV diseaseW E Cunningham
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 50:829-35. 1997..The study needs to be replicated in other populations, notably those with larger numbers of subjects who are female, of minority ethnicity, or injection drug users... - Effects of cost sharing on care seeking and health status: results from the Medical Outcomes StudyM D Wong
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 91:1889-94. 2001..This study sought to determine the effect of cost sharing on medical care use for acute symptoms and on health status among chronically ill adults... - Associations of symptoms and health-related quality of life: findings from a national study of persons with HIV infectionK A Lorenz
Division of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11303 Wilshire Boulevard, Code 111 G, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Ann Intern Med 134:854-60. 2001..The relationship between symptoms and health-related quality of life has not been fully explored... - A comparison of unmet needs for dental and medical care among persons with HIV infection receiving care in the United StatesK C Heslin
Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, Room 31 254A, Center for Health Sciences CHS, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Public Health Dent 61:14-21. 2001..Using the domains specified in the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use, this paper examines the correlates of unmet needs for dental and medical care in a nationally representative sample of patients with HIV... - Prevalence and predictors of highly active antiretroviral therapy use in patients with HIV infection in the united states. HCSUS Consortium. HIV Cost and Services UtilizationW E Cunningham
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 25:115-23. 2000..It is not known whether high levels of HAART use have been sustained or whether socioeconomic and racial disparities have diminished over time... - Management of multiple sclerosis across managed care and fee-for-service systemsB G Vickrey
Department of Neurology, University of California at Los Angeles, 90095 1769, USA
Neurology 55:1341-9. 2000..To measure and compare care for adults with MS across managed care and fee-for-service (FFS) health systems... - Perceived unmet need for oral treatment among a national population of HIV-positive medical patients: social and clinical correlatesM Marcus
School of Dentistry, University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 90:1059-63. 2000..This study examines social, behavioral, and clinical correlates of perceived unmet need for oral health care for people with HIV infection... - The impact of competing subsistence needs and barriers on access to medical care for persons with human immunodeficiency virus receiving care in the United StatesW E Cunningham
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Med Care 37:1270-81. 1999..To examine whether competing subsistence needs and other barriers are associated with poorer access to medical care among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), using self-reported data... - Oral health findings for HIV-infected adult medical patients from the HIV Cost and Services Utilization StudyJames R Freed
Division of Public Health and Community Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry, 90095 1668, USA
J Am Dent Assoc 136:1396-405. 2005..to provide national estimates of adult medical patients who are HIV-positive. This article presents descriptive oral health findings from that study... - Differences in cause-specific mortality between Latino and white adultsMitchell D Wong
UCLA Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Los Angeles, California 90095 1736, USA
Med Care 43:1058-62. 2005..Understanding differences in cause-specific mortality between Latinos and whites is important for targeting future public health interventions and research aimed at eliminating health disparities... - Socioeconomic position and health among persons with diabetes mellitus: a conceptual framework and review of the literatureArleen F Brown
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736, USA
Epidemiol Rev 26:63-77. 2004 - Delays and unmet need for health care among adult primary care patients in a restructured urban public health systemAllison L Diamant
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California Los Angeles, 911 Broxton Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
Am J Public Health 94:783-9. 2004..We estimated the prevalence and determinants of delayed and unmet needs for medical care among patients in a restructured public health system... - Racial and ethnic differences in patients' preferences for initial care by specialistsMitchell D Wong
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Med 116:613-20. 2004..To examine racial and ethnic differences in patients' preferences for initial care by specialists, and to determine whether trust in the physician and health beliefs account for these differences... - 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... - The effect of socioeconomic status on the survival of people receiving care for HIV infection in the United StatesWilliam E Cunningham
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Center for Health Sciences, School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 16:655-76. 2005..Effective interventions are needed to improve outcomes for low SES groups with HIV infection... - Residential segregation and Latino, black and white mortality in New York CitySanae Inagami
Veterans Affairs, VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Division of General Internal Medicine 111G, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, USA
J Urban Health 83:406-20. 2006.... - The contribution of specific causes of death to sex differences in mortalityMitchell D Wong
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 911 Broxton Ave, Ste 101, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Public Health Rep 121:746-54. 2006..Men have higher mortality rates than women for most causes of death. This study was conducted to determine the contribution of specific causes of death to the sex difference in years of potential life lost (YPLL)... - Investing time in health: do socioeconomically disadvantaged patients spend more or less extra time on diabetes self-care?Susan L Ettner
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 911 Broxton Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Health Econ 18:645-63. 2009..Research on self-care for chronic disease has not examined time requirements. Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD), a multi-site study of managed care patients with diabetes, is among the first to assess self-care time... - The contribution of cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis and survival to racial differences in years of life expectancyMitchell D Wong
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:475-81. 2009.... - Consistency of state statutes with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV testing recommendations for health care settingsAnish P Mahajan
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA
Ann Intern Med 150:263-9. 2009.... 
Disparities research in neurology: an urgent needBarbara G Vickrey
Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Nat Rev Neurol 5:184-5. 2009..Analyzing the causes and implementing interventions to redress such disparities is a high priority in the US, but neurology lags behind other clinical specialties in this research...- Primary care providers' views of challenges and rewards of dementia care relative to other conditionsDorothy P Harris
Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:2209-16. 2009..To compare primary care providers' (PCPs') perceptions about dementia and its care within their healthcare organization with perceptions of other common chronic conditions and to explore factors associated with differences... - Mental health and health-related quality of life among adult Latino primary care patients living in the United States with previous exposure to political violenceDavid P Eisenman
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095 1736, USA
JAMA 290:627-34. 2003..Although political violence continues in parts of Central America, South America, and Mexico, little is known about its relationship to the health of Latino immigrants living in the United States... - Effect of violence on utilization of services and access to care in persons with HIVDavid P Eisenman
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:125-7. 2003..06 to 3.18), and having poor ability to access medical specialists (OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.05 to 3.67). Further research is required to understand the association of violence with health care among gay/bisexual men with HIV/AIDS... - Measuring medication: do interviews agree with medical record and pharmacy data?P Todd Korthuis
Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care System, UCLA, Building 500, Room 3233, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard 111G, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Med Care 40:1270-82. 2002..Medication measurement is crucial in assessing quality for chronic conditions yet agreement of alternate data sources remains uncertain... - Contribution of major diseases to disparities in mortalityMitchell D Wong
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles 90095 1736, USA
N Engl J Med 347:1585-92. 2002..Mortality from all causes is higher for persons with fewer years of education and for blacks, but it is unknown which diseases contribute most to these disparities... - Usage patterns of over-the-counter phenazopyridine (pyridium)Chih Wen Shi
University of California Los Angeles, Departments of Family Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif 90095, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:281-7. 2003..This study examines whether consumers inappropriately use and substitute a recently widely distributed OTC urinary analgesic, phenazopyridine, for provider care... - Income-related differences in the use of evidence-based therapies in older persons with diabetes mellitus in for-profit managed careArleen F Brown
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:665-70. 2003..To determine whether income influences evidence-based medication use by older persons with diabetes mellitus in managed care who have the same prescription drug benefit... - Complementary and alternative medicine use and substitution for conventional therapy by HIV-infected patientsAn Fu Hsiao
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 911 Broxton Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:157-65. 2003..HIV-infected patients commonly use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), but it is not known how often CAM is used as a complement or as a substitute for conventional HIV therapy... - Insurance status of HIV-infected adults in the post-HAART era: evidence from the United StatesDana P Goldman
RAND, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 2:85-90. 2003..More speculatively, it suggests that the United States system for financing health care is not well-equipped to deal with epidemics that afflict a population in its prime work years... - The prevalence of antiretroviral drug resistance in the United StatesDouglas D Richman
VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, The University of California San Diego, La Jolla, Santa Monica, California 92093 0679, USA
AIDS 18:1393-401. 2004..Antiretroviral therapy has dramatically reduced the morbidity and mortality of infection due to HIV. The emergence of drug-resistant virus has limited the usefulness of many drugs... - Changes in health-promoting behavior following diagnosis with HIV: prevalence and correlates in a national probability sampleR L Collins
RAND, Santa Monica, California 90407 2138, USA
Health Psychol 20:351-60. 2001..Most people with HIV improve their health behavior following diagnosis, but more might be helped to do so by targeting these behaviors in future interventions... - Response to symptoms among a U.S. national probability sample of adults infected with human immunodeficiency virusAmy M Kilbourne
Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, USA
Med Care Res Rev 59:36-58. 2002..Vulnerable groups were no less likely to use services for HIV-related symptoms when need for care was considered. However, disparities may exist for symptom-specific care among HIV infected persons covered by public or HMO insurance... - 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... - Opting for qualityMartin F Shapiro
Med Care 45:187-8. 2007 - 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... - Where to seek care: an examination of people in rural areas with HIV/AIDSClaudia L Schur
Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
J Rural Health 18:337-47. 2002..Given the considerable burden this places on a chronically ill population,further research is needed to explore how provider supply and provider experience affect the decision to travel for care and how quality of care is affected... - Participation in research and access to experimental treatments by HIV-infected patientsAllen L Gifford
Center for Research in Patient Oriented Care and the Quality Enhancement Research Initiative in HIV, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, and the University of California, San Diego, California 92161, USA
N Engl J Med 346:1373-82. 2002..Although there is concern that minority groups and women are underrepresented in research involving patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the available data are inconclusive... - Use of psychotropic medications among HIV-infected patients in the United StatesBenedetto Vitiello
Division of Services and Intervention Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 9633, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:547-54. 2003..This study describes the prevalence and pattern of use of psychotropic medications by HIV-positive patients receiving medical care in the United States and the search for possible predictors of use... - 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... - The diverse older HIV-positive population: a national profile of economic circumstances, social support, and quality of lifeStephen Crystal
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 33:S76-83. 2003..Interventions need to be tailored to the needs of these distinct subpopulations, with an emphasis on development of supportive care interventions for older IDUs... - Use of alternative therapists among people in care for HIV in the United StatesAndrew S London
Department of Sociology and Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 1020, USA
Am J Public Health 93:980-7. 2003..This study examined the influence of sociodemographic, clinical, and attitudinal variables on the use of alternative therapists by people in care for HIV... - Sociodemographic differences in access to care among Hispanic patients who are HIV infected in the United StatesLeo S Morales
University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1119-21. 2004..Researchers and policymakers should consider sociodemographic factors among Hispanic patients who are HIV positive when designing and prioritizing interventions to improve access to care... - 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... - Does racial concordance between HIV-positive patients and their physicians affect the time to receipt of protease inhibitors?William D King
UCLA Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:1146-53. 2004..Why racial disparities in antiretroviral use exist is not completely understood. We examined whether racial concordance (patients and providers having the same race) affects the time of receipt of protease inhibitors... - 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... - Underdiagnosis of depression in HIV: who are we missing?Steven M Asch
VA Los Angeles Healthcare System and UCLA Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:450-60. 2003..To determine the sociodemographic and service delivery correlates of depression underdiagnosis in HIV... - Symptom-based framework for assessing quality of HIV careSteven M Asch
Department of General Internal Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Health System, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA
Int J Qual Health Care 16:41-50. 2004..To evaluate HIV quality of care using a symptom-based, patient-centered framework... - Challenges and opportunities for general internal medicineMartin F Shapiro
J Gen Intern Med 19:95-6. 2004