The authors performed a meta-analysis to derive pooled utilities for HIV/AIDS and to assess the relative importance of study design characteristics in predicting utilities. Twenty-five articles were identified reporting 74...
Non-occupational postexposure prophylaxis for HIV: A systematic review
2009
OBJECTIVES: To review the evidence on the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of non-occupational postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) for HIV. DATA SOURCES: Eleven electronic databases were searched from inception to December 2007....
Impact of point-of-care CD4 testing on linkage to HIV care: A systematic review
2014
INTRODUCTION: Point-of-care testing for CD4 cell count is considered a promising way of reducing the time to eligibility assessment for antiretroviral therapy (ART) and of increasing retention in care prior...
Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions for women
2002
The present study is a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions for women in the USA. Twenty-four articles from 1989-1997 were included. We evaluated five ethnic groupings (All...
Integrated delivery of HIV and tuberculosis services in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
2011
Tuberculosis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in people with HIV and about a quarter of HIV-related deaths are attributed to tuberculosis. In this Review we identify and...
Behavioral interventions for improving condom use for dual protection
2013
BACKGROUND: Unprotected sex is a major risk factor for disease, disability, and mortality in many areas of the world due to the prevalence and incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STI)...
Effectiveness of different models of case management for substance-abusing populations
2007
Case management has been implemented in substance abuse treatment to improve (cost-) effectiveness, but controversy exists about its potential to realize this objective. A systematic and comprehensive review of peer-reviewed...
HIV voluntary counseling and testing and behavioral risk reduction in developing countries: A meta-analysis, 1990-2005.
2008
The effectiveness of HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) in reducing HIV risk behaviors in developing countries was assessed using meta-analytic methods. A standardized protocol was used for searching, acquiring,...
Interventions to improve retention in HIV primary care: A systematic review of US studies
2012
Retaining HIV-diagnosed persons in care is a national priority, but little is known on what intervention strategies are most effective for promoting retention in care. We conducted a systematic search...
Reporting of informed consent, standard of care and post-trial obligations in global randomized intervention trials: A systematic survey of registered trials
2009
OBJECTIVE: Ethical guidelines are designed to ensure benefits, protection and respect of participants in clinical research. Clinical trials must now be registered on open-access databases and provide details on ethical...
How can different models of organisation or bed utilisation improve the care of patients dying in hospital?
2000
No abstract.
Modeling the cost-effectiveness of HIV treatment: how to buy the most ‘health’ when resources are limited
2013
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To summarize recent cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) that evaluate optimal treatment strategies for persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). RECENT FINDINGS: Efforts to attain universal coverage of current treatment...
