Racial and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy Losses among HIV‐Infected Persons in the United States: Impact of Risk Behavior, Late Initiation, and Early Discontinuation of Antiretroviral Therapy | Zendy

Elena Losina | Zendy; Bruce R. Schackman | Zendy; Sara Sadownik | Zendy; Kelly A. Gebo | Zendy; Rochelle P. Walensky | Zendy; John J. Chiosi | Zendy; Milton C. Weinstein | Zendy; Perrin L. Hicks | Zendy; Wendy H. Aaronson | Zendy; Richard D. Moore | Zendy; A. David Paltiel | Zendy; Kenneth A. Freedberg | Zendy

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Racial and Sex Disparities in Life Expectancy Losses among HIV‐Infected Persons in the United States: Impact of Risk Behavior, Late Initiation, and Early Discontinuation of Antiretroviral Therapy

Author(s) -

Elena Losina,

Bruce R. Schackman,

Sara Sadownik,

Kelly A. Gebo,

Rochelle P. Walensky,

John J. Chiosi,

Milton C. Weinstein,

Perrin L. Hicks,

Wendy H. Aaronson,

Richard D. Moore,

A. David Paltiel,

Kenneth A. Freedberg

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/644772

Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , life expectancy , population , demography , disease , pediatrics , ethnic group , gerontology , environmental health , sociology , anthropology

Most persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the United States present to care with advanced disease, and many patients discontinue therapy prematurely. We sought to evaluate sex and racial/ethnic disparities in life-years lost as a result of risk behavior, late presentation, and early discontinuation of HIV care, and we compared these survival losses for HIV-infected persons with losses attributable to high-risk behavior and HIV disease itself.

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