2016
Authors' Reply
Luz PM, Grinsztejn B, Veloso VG, Paltiel AD. Authors' Reply. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2016, 71: e56. PMID: 26579987, PMCID: PMC4712134, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000902.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
The Lifetime Medical Cost Savings From Preventing HIV in the United States
Schackman BR, Fleishman JA, Su AE, Berkowitz BK, Moore RD, Walensky RP, Becker JE, Voss C, Paltiel AD, Weinstein MC, Freedberg KA, Gebo KA, Losina E. The Lifetime Medical Cost Savings From Preventing HIV in the United States. Medical Care 2015, 53: 293-301. PMID: 25710311, PMCID: PMC4359630, DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionLifetime medical costsMedical costsUS health system perspectiveAntiretroviral treatment statusHIV disease treatmentHIV Research NetworkTransmission risk groupsCD4 cell countHigh-risk individualsHealth system perspectiveHIV prevention interventionsMedical cost savingsMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyLifetime cost estimatesRace/ethnicityPreexposure prophylaxisHIV diseaseHIV preventionRisk groupsPrevention interventionsAge 35High riskSecondary infectionTreatment statusCost-Effectiveness of Genotype Testing for Primary Resistance in Brazil
Luz PM, Morris BL, Grinsztejn B, Freedberg KA, Veloso VG, Walensky RP, Losina E, Nakamura YM, Girouard MP, Sax PE, Struchiner CJ, Paltiel AD. Cost-Effectiveness of Genotype Testing for Primary Resistance in Brazil. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2015, 68: 152-161. PMID: 25415289, PMCID: PMC4294967, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenotype resistance testingART initiationAntiretroviral treatmentART costsGenotype testingEvandro Chagas Clinical Research InstituteResistance prevalenceFirst-line ART initiationHIV Clinical CohortHIV treatment guidelinesIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioBaseline patient characteristicsEffective antiretroviral treatmentART-naive individualsLife expectancyClinical Research InstituteCost-effectiveness ratioImmune recoveryCD4 countViral suppressionHIV diseasePatient characteristicsTreatment guidelinesMean agePrimary resistanceThe Clinical Role and Cost-Effectiveness of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy
Ross EL, Weinstein MC, Schackman BR, Sax PE, Paltiel AD, Walensky RP, Freedberg KA, Losina E. The Clinical Role and Cost-Effectiveness of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2015, 60: 1102-1110. PMID: 25583979, PMCID: PMC4366583, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu1159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDaily ART adherenceAnnual drug costsART adherenceLA-ARTAntiretroviral therapyDrug costsART-naive patientsDaily oral ARTHIV RNA suppressionSecond-line therapyFirst-line therapyFirst-line regimensHuman immunodeficiency virusDaily ARTOverall life expectancyHIV patientsAdherent patientsAvailable regimensART failureImmunodeficiency virusClinical rolePatientsRNA suppressionTherapyAnnual cost
2014
Mobile HIV Screening in Cape Town, South Africa: Clinical Impact, Cost and Cost-Effectiveness
Bassett IV, Govindasamy D, Erlwanger AS, Hyle EP, Kranzer K, van Schaik N, Noubary F, Paltiel AD, Wood R, Walensky RP, Losina E, Bekker LG, Freedberg KA. Mobile HIV Screening in Cape Town, South Africa: Clinical Impact, Cost and Cost-Effectiveness. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e85197. PMID: 24465503, PMCID: PMC3898963, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioFacility-based testingHIV screeningHIV diagnosisFacility-based HIV testingFrequency of HIVUndiagnosed HIV prevalenceEarly HIV diagnosisLife expectancyMobile screening unitCost-effectiveness ratioResource-limited settingsCD4 countUndiagnosed HIVHIV testingHIV prevalenceCape TownClinical impactPopulation life expectancyMedical costsHIVScreening unitIntervention costsDiagnosisMedical facilities
2013
Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Treatment as Prevention in Serodiscordant Couples
Walensky RP, Ross EL, Kumarasamy N, Wood R, Noubary F, Paltiel AD, Nakamura YM, Godbole SV, Panchia R, Sanne I, Weinstein MC, Losina E, Mayer KH, Chen YQ, Wang L, McCauley M, Gamble T, Seage GR, Cohen MS, Freedberg KA. Cost-Effectiveness of HIV Treatment as Prevention in Serodiscordant Couples. New England Journal Of Medicine 2013, 369: 1715-1725. PMID: 24171517, PMCID: PMC3913536, DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa1214720.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly antiretroviral therapyHuman immunodeficiency virusAntiretroviral therapySerodiscordant couplesHIV transmissionHIV Prevention Trials Network 052 studyIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioCost-effectiveness ratioResource-limited settingsHIV infectionClinical benefitImmunodeficiency virusHIV treatmentLonger survivalOpportunistic diseasesEarly initiationFive yearsLifetime outcomesPublic healthSuch personsPatientsPeriodTherapyInfectionDisease
2008
Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: The Impact of Speed on Survival
Walensky RP, Wood R, Weinstein MC, Martinson NA, Losina E, Fofana MO, Goldie SJ, Divi N, Yazdanpanah Y, Wang B, Paltiel AD, Freedberg KA. Scaling Up Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa: The Impact of Speed on Survival. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2008, 197: 1324-1332. PMID: 18422445, PMCID: PMC2423492, DOI: 10.1086/587184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdultAnti-Retroviral AgentsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveCohort StudiesHIV InfectionsHumansModels, BiologicalSouth AfricaConceptsAntiretroviral therapyEligible human immunodeficiency virusEffective antiretroviral therapyHuman immunodeficiency virusNeed of therapyHIV infectionImmunodeficiency virusPatient outcomesAdult cohortDeath rateART scaleTherapyCumulative deathsTreatment slotsDeathRapid scaleHIVPatientsCohortInfectionMortality
2007
The Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Secondary Transmission of HIV among Men Who Have Sex with Men
McCormick AW, Walensky RP, Lipsitch M, Losina E, Hsu H, Weinstein MC, Paltiel AD, Freedberg KA, Seage GR. The Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Secondary Transmission of HIV among Men Who Have Sex with Men. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007, 44: 1115-1122. PMID: 17366461, PMCID: PMC2365722, DOI: 10.1086/512816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnti-Retroviral AgentsDisease Transmission, InfectiousHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleRisk-TakingConceptsAntiretroviral therapyCohort of individualsHuman immunodeficiency virus RNA loadEffect of ARTImpact of ARTFurther HIV transmissionUnprotected insertive anal intercourseHIV RNA levelsVirus RNA loadCohort of menSecondary transmissionYears of infectionInsertive anal intercourseRisk reduction interventionsHIV diseaseHIV infectionUntreated cohortHIV transmissionRNA loadVirologic courseSecondary casesAnal intercourseSecondary infectionHIVEffective HIV
2006
The Survival Benefits of AIDS Treatment in the United States
Walensky RP, Paltiel AD, Losina E, Mercincavage LM, Schackman BR, Sax PE, Weinstein MC, Freedberg KA. The Survival Benefits of AIDS Treatment in the United States. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2006, 194: 11-19. PMID: 16741877, DOI: 10.1086/505147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurvival benefitAntiretroviral therapyPotent combination antiretroviral therapyPneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxisHIV disease treatmentImmunodeficiency syndrome careOpportunistic infection prophylaxisTotal survival benefitUntreated HIV diseaseCombination antiretroviral therapyEffective antiretroviral therapyPrevention of motherAbsence of treatmentYears of lifePneumonia prophylaxisChild transmissionInfant infectionAdult patientsHIV diseaseInfection prophylaxisDisease careNew diagnosisAIDS treatmentProphylaxisSurvival increase
2005
Expanded Screening for HIV in the United States — An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness
Paltiel AD, Weinstein MC, Kimmel AD, Seage GR, Losina E, Zhang H, Freedberg KA, Walensky RP. Expanded Screening for HIV in the United States — An Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness. New England Journal Of Medicine 2005, 352: 586-595. PMID: 15703423, DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa042088.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOne-time screeningEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assayGeneral populationHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionRoutine HIV counselingEffective antiretroviral therapyImmunodeficiency virus infectionLow-risk populationHigh-risk populationQuality-adjusted survivalCost-effectiveness ratioU.S. general populationAverage survival timeCDC thresholdAntiretroviral therapyHIV screeningHIV antibodiesObservational cohortHIV counselingClinical trialsCost-effectiveness groundsVirus infectionEarly diagnosisVoluntary screeningSurvival time