Cost-effectiveness of screening for HIV in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 570-585

  Sanders, Gillian D ^a,b   Bayoumi, Ahmed M ^d,e   Sundaram, Vandana ^b,f   Bilir, S Pinar ^b   Neukermans, Christopher P ^b   Rydzak, Chara E ^b   Douglass, Lena R ^f   Lazzeroni, Laura C ^c   Holodniy, Mark ^b,f   Owens, Douglas K ^b,c,f  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 13444267665     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa042657     Document Type: Article

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