Clinicians & Providers

• Defining the Emergency Care Sensitive Condition: A Health Policy Research Agenda in Emergency Medicine
• Health Care Utilization in HIV-infected Patients: Assessing the Burden of Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection
• Health Literacy in the Context of HIV Treatment: Introducing the Brief Estimate of Health Knowledge and Action (BEHKA)-HIV Version
• Hepatic Steatosis Associated with Increased Central Body Fat by Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry and Uncontrolled HIV in HIV/Hepatitis C Co-infected Persons
• Idealized Models or Incremental Program Evaluation: Translating Emergency Department HIV Testing into Practice
• Impact of NRTIs on Lipid Levels among a Large HIV-infected Cohort Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Clinical Care
• Implementation of Automated Reporting of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Among Veterans Affairs Laboratories: a Retrospective Study
• Patterns of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Impact on HIV RNA among Patients in North America
• Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection Are at High Risk for Depression and Poor Linkage to Care: Results from the Steps Study
• Scaling Up Circumcision Programs in Southern Africa: The Potential Impact of Gender Disparities and Changes in Condom Use Behaviors on Heterosexual HIV Transmission

Full Research Reports

September 1 2012 20120901

ACSUS Survey Design

September 1 2012 20120901

ACSUS: Health Care Use

September 1 2012 20120901

ACSUS: Health Insurance Coverage

September 1 2012 20120901

Doctors' and Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes

Other Research & Data

• Communications between patients with HIV and their providers differ along racial and substance use lines
• Defining the Emergency Care Sensitive Condition: A Health Policy Research Agenda in Emergency Medicine
• Effect of a Clinic-Wide Social Marketing Campaign to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection
• Health Care Utilization in HIV-infected Patients: Assessing the Burden of Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection
• Hispanics with HIV have different communication styles with their health care providers than whites
• Implementation of Automated Reporting of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Among Veterans Affairs Laboratories: a Retrospective Study
• Patterns of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Impact on HIV RNA among Patients in North America
• Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection Are at High Risk for Depression and Poor Linkage to Care: Results from the Steps Study
• Scaling Up Circumcision Programs in Southern Africa: The Potential Impact of Gender Disparities and Changes in Condom Use Behaviors on Heterosexual HIV Transmission
• Simple tool to measure health literacy in patients with HIV successfully predicts medication adherence

Other News & Events

• AHRQ report finds unclear value of pretesting autoimmune disorder patients before prescribing thiopurine drugs
• About three fourths of patients in the United States estimated to remain in HIV care
• About three-fourths of patients in the United States estimated to remain in HIV care
• Adherence to bipolar medications may also promote adherence to antiretroviral therapy
• Antidepressants may help some HIV patients stick to their complex medication regimens
• Antiretroviral switching strategies to treat HIV improve survival and are cost-effective in resource-limited countries
• Care for patients with HIV remains expensive
• Communications between patients with HIV and their providers differ along racial and substance use lines
• Dependent elderly people are adversely affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa
• Despite more widespread prescribing of antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection, disparities remain
• Disease that springs from water parasites may also be a risk factor for HIV for women in sub-Saharan Africa
• Dissemination and implementation of clinical trial results are needed to encourage recommended practices
• Effect of a Clinic-Wide Social Marketing Campaign to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection
• Fewer than 1 in 5 emergency departments implement recommendations for HIV screening
• HIV outcomes and medication use are similar between rural and urban HIV patients
• HIV patients are at risk for being prescribed wrong drug combinations
• HIV patients with psychiatric disorders are less likely to discontinue HAART
• HIV treatment costs much more when patients start treatment later in the disease
• HIV/AIDS drugs have varied effects on lipid levels
• Health Care Utilization in HIV-infected Patients: Assessing the Burden of Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection
• Hispanics with HIV have different communication styles with their health care providers than whites
• Hospitalization rates have declined over 5 years for patients with HIV infection, but disparities still exist
• Implementation of Automated Reporting of Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Among Veterans Affairs Laboratories: a Retrospective Study
• Inmates remain at risk for HIV and HCV after release from prison
• Only 75 percent of HIV patients stay in care
• Patterns of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Impact on HIV RNA among Patients in North America
• Provider-patient dialogue could be improved to foster medication adherence in HIV care
• Retention in HIV care is a problem for many patients
• Routine opt-out HIV emergency department screening only slightly improves identification of patients with HIV infection
• Rural counties experience funding and stigma problems in HIV prevention services
• Simple tool to measure health literacy in patients with HIV successfully predicts medication adherence
• The likelihood of bacterial blood infections among patients with HIV has risen slightly in recent years
• Uninsured and Medicaid-insured emergency department patients are more likely to accept the screening than commercially insured patients
• Youth with HIV/AIDS and conduct disorder are less likely to use or adhere to antiretroviral therapy