2019
Predictors of timely opioid agonist treatment initiation among veterans with and without HIV
Wyse JJ, Robbins JL, McGinnis KA, Edelman EJ, Gordon AJ, Manhapra A, Fiellin DA, Moore BA, Korthuis PT, Gaither JR, Gordon K, Skanderson M, Barry DT, Crystal S, Justice A, Kraemer KL. Predictors of timely opioid agonist treatment initiation among veterans with and without HIV. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2019, 198: 70-75. PMID: 30878769, PMCID: PMC6836871, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyOpioid use disorderVeterans Aging Cohort StudyOAT initiationUninfected patientsClinical encountersNational observational cohortAging Cohort StudyAfrican American patientsImproved health outcomesAgonist therapyCohort studyObservational cohortTreatment initiationPredictive factorsEffective treatmentAdjusted modelUninfected controlsUse disordersPsychiatric diagnosisPWHClinical practicePatientsHealth outcomesRural residence
2017
Ten-year trends in antiretroviral therapy persistence among US Medicaid beneficiaries
Youn B, Shireman TI, Lee Y, Galárraga O, Rana AI, Justice AC, Wilson IB. Ten-year trends in antiretroviral therapy persistence among US Medicaid beneficiaries. AIDS 2017, 31: 1697-1707. PMID: 28700393, PMCID: PMC5625296, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAngiotensin II receptor blockersII receptor blockersHIV patientsControl medicationTherapy persistenceReceptor blockersEnzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockersCox proportional hazards modelNon-HIV medicationsUS Medicaid beneficiariesHIV-negative controlsRetrospective cohort studyKaplan-Meier curvesDuration of treatmentProportional hazards modelTen-year trendsSecular trendsART initiatorsCohort studyHazard ratioMedian timeFill dateMedicaid claimsMedicaid beneficiariesAdjusted model