2023
Lifetime quality-adjusted life years lost due to genital herpes acquired in the United States in 2018: a mathematical modeling study
You S, Yaesoubi R, Lee K, Li Y, Eppink S, Hsu K, Chesson H, Gift T, Berruti A, Salomon J, Rönn M. Lifetime quality-adjusted life years lost due to genital herpes acquired in the United States in 2018: a mathematical modeling study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2023, 19: 100427. PMID: 36950038, PMCID: PMC10025423, DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2023.100427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchQuality-adjusted life yearsGenital HSV-1Lifetime quality-adjusted life yearsGenital herpesHSV-2HSV-1Neonatal herpesLife yearsNatural historyLifetime numberNeonatal herpes infectionSubstantial health lossesHealth lossHSV-2 infectionLong-term health impactsHerpes simplex virus type 1Adverse health outcomesDays of lifeSimplex virus type 1Virus type 1Health impactsMollaret's meningitisSacral radiculitisSymptomatic recurrenceUrinary retention
2022
Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis Acquired in the United States in 2018
Lee K, You S, Li Y, Chesson H, Gift TL, Berruti AA, Hsu K, Yaesoubi R, Salomon JA, Rönn M. Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis Acquired in the United States in 2018. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2022, 76: e810-e819. PMID: 35684943, PMCID: PMC9907519, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac427.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality-adjusted life yearsCongenital syphilisHealth lossLife yearsNumber of QALYsTerms of QALYsLifetime numberBurden of syphilisSubstantial health lossesManagement of syphilisLifetime quality-adjusted life yearsAverage lifetime numberCost-effectiveness analysisPrimary infectionOverall burdenSyphilisNatural historyInfectionHealth impactsMSMChildrenMothersUnited StatesBurdenDecision tree model
2019
Best Buy in Public Health or Luxury Expense?
Yap A, Cheung M, Muzira A, Healy J, Kakembo N, Kisa P, Cunningham D, Youngson G, Sekabira J, Yaesoubi R, Ozgediz D. Best Buy in Public Health or Luxury Expense? Annals Of Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30907755, PMCID: PMC6752983, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioPediatric operating roomOperating roomLife yearsPatient outcome dataPediatric surgical diseasesCost-effectiveness ratioProbabilistic sensitivity analysesDefinitive treatmentPreventable morbiditySaharan AfricaSurgical diseasePatient's perspectiveOutcome dataSurgical infrastructureSocietal perspectiveLow-income countriesPublic healthPediatricsBest buyInterventionDisabilityHospital spaceHeavy burdenYears
2008
How much is a health insurer willing to pay for Colorectal Cancer screening tests?
Yaesoubi R, Roberts S. How much is a health insurer willing to pay for Colorectal Cancer screening tests? 2008 Winter Simulation Conference 2008, 1624-1631. DOI: 10.1109/wsc.2008.4736246.Peer-Reviewed Original Research