2011
Projected Survival Gains from Revising State Laws Requiring Written Opt-in Consent for HIV Testing
April MD, Chiosi JJ, Paltiel AD, Sax PE, Walensky RP. Projected Survival Gains from Revising State Laws Requiring Written Opt-in Consent for HIV Testing. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2011, 26: 661-667. PMID: 21286837, PMCID: PMC3101973, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1637-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPotential survival gainsSurvival gainHIV testingDiagnosis rateAnnual HIV incidenceProportion of HIVUndiagnosed HIV prevalenceAnnual HIV diagnosis ratesHIV diagnosis ratesHIV incidenceHIV prevalenceEarly diagnosisHIVDisease controlLYGSurveillance dataAdult personsConsentConsent methodsPersonsPatientsConsent lawsBackgroundAlthoughDesignWeObjectiveTo
2006
The effect of age and chronic illness on life expectancy after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer: implications for screening.
Gross CP, McAvay GJ, Krumholz HM, Paltiel AD, Bhasin D, Tinetti ME. The effect of age and chronic illness on life expectancy after a diagnosis of colorectal cancer: implications for screening. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2006, 145: 646-53. PMID: 17088577, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-9-200611070-00006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic illnessColorectal cancerChronic conditionsLife expectancyCancer stageEarly-stage colorectal cancerPopulation-based cancer registriesPatients 67 yearsRetrospective cohort studyStage I cancerAdministrative claims dataChronic condition groupsFinal study sampleYears of ageShort life expectancyCohort studyEffect of agePatient ageI cancerCancer RegistryCancer variesHealthy patientsIndividual patientsMedicare claimsAdministrative claims