2005
Quality of HIV care provided by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians.
Wilson IB, Landon BE, Hirschhorn LR, McInnes K, Ding L, Marsden PV, Cleary PD. Quality of HIV care provided by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2005, 143: 729-36. PMID: 16287794, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-143-10-200511150-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfectious disease specialistsNurse practitionersHIV expertsQuality of carePhysician assistantsHIV careDisease specialistsHIV care sitesProtein derivative testingMedical record reviewPrimary care providersHigh-quality careCross-sectional analysisHIV expertisePatient characteristicsRecord reviewCare measuresPapanicolaou smearsComplex clinical processesMedical recordsAdjusted ratesCare sitesCare providersHIVCarePhysician Specialization and the Quality of Care for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Landon BE, Wilson IB, McInnes K, Landrum MB, Hirschhorn LR, Marsden PV, Cleary PD. Physician Specialization and the Quality of Care for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. JAMA Internal Medicine 2005, 165: 1133-1139. PMID: 15911726, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.10.1133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveClinical CompetenceEducation, ContinuingFamily PracticeFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHumansMalePrimary Health CareQuality Assurance, Health CareReferral and ConsultationRegression AnalysisRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionActive antiretroviral therapyImmunodeficiency virus infectionInfectious disease physiciansAppropriate patientsQuality of careAntiretroviral therapyHIV careDisease physiciansCare measuresVirus infectionComplex chronic medical conditionsGeneral medicine physiciansObservational cohort studyInfectious disease specialistsMedical record reviewChronic medical conditionsComplex chronic illnessExpert generalistsTypes of physiciansHierarchical logistic regression modelsLow-quality careHigh-quality careLogistic regression modelsHIV physiciansPredictors and Consequences of Negative Physician Attitudes Toward HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users
Ding L, Landon BE, Wilson IB, Wong MD, Shapiro MF, Cleary PD. Predictors and Consequences of Negative Physician Attitudes Toward HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users. JAMA Internal Medicine 2005, 165: 618-623. PMID: 15795336, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.6.618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInjection drug usersActive antiretroviral therapyDrug usersAntiretroviral therapyPhysicians' attitudesUnmet needMore injection drug usersHuman immunodeficiency virusQuality of careCross-sectional surveyRate of exposureCare physiciansImmunodeficiency virusOptimal careCare measuresHIV knowledgePractice characteristicsHIVPatient exposureKnowledge scorePhysiciansPhysician trainingCareExperience-based exercisesNegative attitudes
2004
Effects of a quality improvement collaborative on the outcome of care of patients with HIV infection: the EQHIV study.
Landon BE, Wilson IB, McInnes K, Landrum MB, Hirschhorn L, Marsden PV, Gustafson D, Cleary PD. Effects of a quality improvement collaborative on the outcome of care of patients with HIV infection: the EQHIV study. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2004, 140: 887-96. PMID: 15172903, DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-11-200406010-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality of careQuality Improvement ProgramRyan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) ActCollaborative quality improvement programProportion of patientsAppropriate screening testsOutcomes of careAntiretroviral therapyControl patientsQuality improvement strategiesHIV infectionIntervention clinicsStudy clinicRandomized trialsViral loadClinic typePostintervention studyCare measuresMedical recordsIntervention groupControl clinicsPatientsControl groupScreening testSociodemographic characteristics