1999
The Stability of Preferences for Life-sustaining Care among Persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study
Weissman J, Haas J, Fowler F, Gatsonis C, Massagli M, Seage G, Cleary P. The Stability of Preferences for Life-sustaining Care among Persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study. Medical Decision Making 1999, 19: 16-26. PMID: 9917016, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x9901900103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-sustaining careCardiac resuscitationPatient preferencesBoston Health StudyPredictors of instabilityMedical record reviewLife-extending careSite of careHealth care providersHealth care settingsHypothetical health statesLife-extending treatmentsProgressive diseaseRecord reviewPhysical functionPatient surveyClinical severityEligible personsCare settingsCare providersHealth StudyPatientsHealth statusResuscitationCare
1996
The influence of health-related quality of life and social characteristics on hospital use by patients with AIDS in the Boston Health Study.
Weissman J, Cleary P, Seage G, Gatsonis C, Haas J, Chasan-Taber S, Epstein A. The influence of health-related quality of life and social characteristics on hospital use by patients with AIDS in the Boston Health Study. Medical Care 1996, 34: 1037-56. PMID: 8843929, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199610000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystems of careHealth-related qualityHospital useMedical chartsDisease burdenNeuropsychological StatusBoston Health StudyTotal hospital daysOdds of admissionHealth-related factorsHospital daysIndependent predictorsImmunodeficiency syndromeStudy enrollmentPatient groupPatient interviewsProphylactic drugsSerious opportunistic diseaseOpportunistic diseasesHospital careDaily livingPatterns of useHealth StudyHospital billsClinical model
1995
The Role of Reluctance to Give Up life in the Measurement of the Values of Health states
Fowler F, Cleary P, Massagli M, Weissman J, Epstein A. The Role of Reluctance to Give Up life in the Measurement of the Values of Health states. Medical Decision Making 1995, 15: 195-200. PMID: 7564932, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x9501500301.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCosts of medical care and out-of-pocket expenditures for persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study.
Epstein A, Seage G, Weissman J, Cleary P, Fowler F, Gatsonis C, Massagli M, Stone V, Coltin K, Craven D. Costs of medical care and out-of-pocket expenditures for persons with AIDS in the Boston Health Study. INQUIRY The Journal Of Health Care Organization Provision And Financing 1995, 32: 211-21. PMID: 7601519.Peer-Reviewed Original Research