2010
Are We Studying What Matters? Health Priorities and NIH-Funded Biomedical Engineering Research
Rubin JB, Paltiel AD, Saltzman WM. Are We Studying What Matters? Health Priorities and NIH-Funded Biomedical Engineering Research. Annals Of Biomedical Engineering 2010, 38: 2237-2251. PMID: 20225125, DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-9982-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBiomedical engineeringHealth priorityDisease burdenBiomedical engineering researchCause of deathNational InstituteNational health priorityEngineering research projectsEngineering researchSpecific diseasesEngineeringBiomedical imagingNIHSurvival lossFuture studiesBurdenLimited research dollarsIllness
2009
Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing Loss to Follow-up in HIV Treatment Programs: A Côte d'Ivoire Appraisal
Losina E, Touré H, Uhler LM, Anglaret X, Paltiel AD, Balestre E, Walensky RP, Messou E, Weinstein MC, Dabis F, Freedberg KA, AIDS F, investigators A. Cost-Effectiveness of Preventing Loss to Follow-up in HIV Treatment Programs: A Côte d'Ivoire Appraisal. PLOS Medicine 2009, 6: e1000173. PMID: 19859538, PMCID: PMC2762030, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV treatment programsResource-limited settingsPerson/yearART initiationAIDS Complications-International modelTreatment programWorld Health Organization criteriaAntiretroviral therapy initiationLTFU ratesHIV careTherapy initiationCumulative incidenceClinical benefitOrganization criteriaClinical impactLTFUPayer perspectiveCost of interventionInternational criteriaLife expectancyEfficacyInterventionPreventing LossCareSurvival loss