The success of antiretroviral therapy has led some people to now ask whether the end of
AIDS is possible. For patients who are motivated to take therapy and who have access to …

HIV/AIDS is widely recognized as a chronic illness within HIV care, but is often excluded
from chronic disease lists outside the field. Similar to other chronic diseases, HIV requires …

OBJECTIVES: To present new estimates of the average lifetime costs per child maltreatment
victim and aggregate lifetime costs for all new child maltreatment cases incurred in 2008 …

Background Millions of cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur in the United
States each year, resulting in substantial medical costs to the nation. Previous estimates of …

Background Few estimates exist of the life expectancy of HIV-positive adults receiving
antiretroviral treatment (ART) in low-and middle-income countries. We aimed to estimate the …

Methods: A stochastic computer simulation model of HIV infection and the effect of ART was
used to estimate life expectancy and determine the distribution of potential lifetime outcomes …

This book is a resource that can stand on its own as a primary text for undergraduate and
graduate courses in death, dying, and bereavement, and can be used to good effect as a …

This study presents the results of a meta-analysis of the association between substance use
and risky sexual behavior among adolescents. 87 studies fit the inclusion criteria, containing …

More people were killed by smallpox during the twentieth century--over 300 million--than by
all of the wars of that period combined. In 1918 and 1919, influenza virus claimed over 50 …

Delivering Health Care in America, Sixth Edition is the most current and comprehensive
overview of the basic structures and operations of the US health system—from its historical …