2021
Polypharmacy-associated risk of hospitalisation among people ageing with and without HIV: an observational study
Justice AC, Gordon KS, Romero J, Edelman EJ, Garcia BJ, Jones P, Khoo S, Re V, Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Tseng A, Womack J, Jacobson D. Polypharmacy-associated risk of hospitalisation among people ageing with and without HIV: an observational study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity 2021, 2: e639-e650. PMID: 34870254, PMCID: PMC8639138, DOI: 10.1016/s2666-7568(21)00206-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyMedication countDrug-drug interactionsAntiretroviral therapyObservational studyPhysiological frailtyVeterans Affairs Health Services ResearchMore drug-drug interactionsRisk of hospitalisationRisk of admissionAging Cohort StudyHIV-1 RNANon-ART medicationsAdverse health outcomesNational InstituteHealth services researchAdditional medicationObserved medicationActive medicationCause mortalityMore medicationsCohort studyPrescription fillsHIV statusPrescription medications
2019
Predictors of initiation of and retention on medications for alcohol use disorder among people living with and without HIV
Oldfield BJ, McGinnis KA, Edelman EJ, Williams EC, Gordon AJ, Akgün K, Crystal S, Fiellin LE, Gaither JR, Goulet JL, Korthuis PT, Marshall BDL, Justice AC, Bryant K, Fiellin DA, Kraemer KL. Predictors of initiation of and retention on medications for alcohol use disorder among people living with and without HIV. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2019, 109: 14-22. PMID: 31856946, PMCID: PMC6982467, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderUse disordersHIV statusUninfected individualsVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) dataEvidence-based medicationsNew alcohol use disorderPrevalence of initiationMultivariable logistic regressionPredictors of initiationFacility-level predictorsCohort study dataMedication initiationPrescription fillsMultivariable analysisBlack raceTreatment gapDecreased oddsNew diagnosisPLWHOlder ageLogistic regressionMedicationsHIVSpecific subpopulations