2018
The cost‐effectiveness and budgetary impact of a dolutegravir‐based regimen as first‐line treatment of HIV infection in India
Zheng A, Kumarasamy N, Huang M, Paltiel AD, Mayer KH, Rewari BB, Walensky RP, Freedberg KA. The cost‐effectiveness and budgetary impact of a dolutegravir‐based regimen as first‐line treatment of HIV infection in India. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2018, 21: e25085. PMID: 29603882, PMCID: PMC5878415, DOI: 10.1002/jia2.25085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioStandard of careAntiretroviral therapyTenofovir disoproxil fumarateHIV infectionRecent guidelinesFirst-line antiretroviral therapyFirst-line HIV treatmentLifetime incremental cost-effectiveness ratioART-naive patientsDolutegravir-based regimenDTG-based regimenFirst-line treatmentClinical trial dataCost-effectiveness ratioLifetime care costsInitial therapyVirologic suppressionCD4 countHIV diseaseRegimen costsDisoproxil fumarateHIV treatmentAIDS complicationsCare costs
2012
Newer drugs and earlier treatment
Sloan CE, Champenois K, Choisy P, Losina E, Walensky RP, Schackman BR, Ajana F, Melliez H, Paltiel AD, Freedberg KA, Yazdanpanah Y. Newer drugs and earlier treatment. AIDS 2012, 26: 45-56. PMID: 22008655, PMCID: PMC3237010, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e32834dce6e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD4 cell countAntiretroviral therapyHIV RNACD4 cellsHIV diseaseCells/Life expectancyCell countMean CD4 cell countMean age 38 yearsAge 38 yearsMedical resource utilizationLifetime costsUndiscounted life expectancyCost of careAIDS Complications (CEPAC) modelART initiationHIV CostRegimen costsAntiretroviral drugsART costsEarly treatmentCopies/High-income countriesEfficacious drugs