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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Human resources and health outcomes: cross-country econometric study.
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Lancet
|
2004
|
8.34
|
|
2
|
High coverage of ART associated with decline in risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
|
Science
|
2013
|
8.24
|
|
3
|
Health workers and vaccination coverage in developing countries: an econometric analysis.
|
Lancet
|
2007
|
7.90
|
|
4
|
Cohort Profile: Africa Centre Demographic Information System (ACDIS) and population-based HIV survey.
|
Int J Epidemiol
|
2007
|
6.81
|
|
5
|
Effect of concurrent sexual partnerships on rate of new HIV infections in a high-prevalence, rural South African population: a cohort study.
|
Lancet
|
2011
|
5.58
|
|
6
|
Increases in adult life expectancy in rural South Africa: valuing the scale-up of HIV treatment.
|
Science
|
2013
|
5.01
|
|
7
|
HIV treatment as prevention: systematic comparison of mathematical models of the potential impact of antiretroviral therapy on HIV incidence in South Africa.
|
PLoS Med
|
2012
|
4.08
|
|
8
|
Precommitting to serve the underserved.
|
Am J Bioeth
|
2012
|
3.95
|
|
9
|
Adult mortality and antiretroviral treatment roll-out in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2009
|
3.77
|
|
10
|
Localized spatial clustering of HIV infections in a widely disseminated rural South African epidemic.
|
Int J Epidemiol
|
2009
|
3.42
|
|
11
|
Regression discontinuity designs in epidemiology: causal inference without randomized trials.
|
Epidemiology
|
2014
|
3.39
|
|
12
|
Scale-up of a decentralized HIV treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: does rapid expansion affect patient outcomes?
|
Bull World Health Organ
|
2010
|
2.72
|
|
13
|
Intervening in global markets to improve access to HIV/AIDS treatment: an analysis of international policies and the dynamics of global antiretroviral medicines markets.
|
Global Health
|
2010
|
2.04
|
|
14
|
Gender, migration and HIV in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
1.96
|
|
15
|
Evaluation of the impact of immediate versus WHO recommendations-guided antiretroviral therapy initiation on HIV incidence: the ANRS 12249 TasP (Treatment as Prevention) trial in Hlabisa sub-district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
|
Trials
|
2013
|
1.91
|
|
16
|
Age-specific mortality patterns in HIV-infected individuals: a comparative analysis of African community study data.
|
AIDS
|
2007
|
1.87
|
|
17
|
In a study of a population cohort in South Africa, HIV patients on antiretrovirals had nearly full recovery of employment.
|
Health Aff (Millwood)
|
2012
|
1.84
|
|
18
|
Dramatic increase in HIV prevalence after scale-up of antiretroviral treatment.
|
AIDS
|
2013
|
1.82
|
|
19
|
Elimination of HIV in South Africa through expanded access to antiretroviral therapy: a model comparison study.
|
PLoS Med
|
2013
|
1.73
|
|
20
|
The impact of the new WHO antiretroviral treatment guidelines on HIV epidemic dynamics and cost in South Africa.
|
PLoS One
|
2011
|
1.67
|
|
21
|
Errors in 'BED'-derived estimates of HIV incidence will vary by place, time and age.
|
PLoS One
|
2009
|
1.62
|
|
22
|
Interventions to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy: a rapid systematic review.
|
AIDS
|
2014
|
1.58
|
|
23
|
The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the age composition of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2012
|
1.55
|
|
24
|
A new general biomarker-based incidence estimator.
|
Epidemiology
|
2012
|
1.55
|
|
25
|
Tuberculosis and poverty: the contribution of patient costs in sub-Saharan Africa--a systematic review.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2012
|
1.52
|
|
26
|
Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.
|
Lancet HIV
|
2016
|
1.51
|
|
27
|
The global pediatric antiretroviral market: analyses of product availability and utilization reveal challenges for development of pediatric formulations and HIV/AIDS treatment in children.
|
BMC Pediatr
|
2010
|
1.48
|
|
28
|
A Simplified Formula for Inferring HIV Incidence from Cross-Sectional Surveys Using a Test for Recent Infection.
|
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
|
2009
|
1.46
|
|
29
|
Mortality levels and trends by HIV serostatus in rural South Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2007
|
1.46
|
|
30
|
Social exposure to an antiretroviral treatment programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2011
|
1.45
|
|
31
|
Hypertension and obesity in adults living in a high HIV prevalence rural area in South Africa.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
1.41
|
|
32
|
The effect of antiretroviral therapy provision on all-cause, AIDS and non-AIDS mortality at the population level--a comparative analysis of data from four settings in Southern and East Africa.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2012
|
1.38
|
|
33
|
HIV and aging--preparing for the challenges ahead.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2012
|
1.37
|
|
34
|
Ageing with HIV in South Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2011
|
1.37
|
|
35
|
Do age-disparate relationships drive HIV incidence in young women? Evidence from a population cohort in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2014
|
1.33
|
|
36
|
Using age-specific mortality of HIV infected persons to predict anti-retroviral treatment need: a comparative analysis of data from five African population-based cohort studies.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2012
|
1.32
|
|
37
|
Age-gaps in sexual partnerships: seeing beyond 'sugar daddies'.
|
AIDS
|
2011
|
1.29
|
|
38
|
Concentrated HIV subepidemics in generalized epidemic settings.
|
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
|
2014
|
1.28
|
|
39
|
National HIV prevalence estimates for sub-Saharan Africa: controlling selection bias with Heckman-type selection models.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2012
|
1.26
|
|
40
|
Twelve myths about systematic reviews for health system policymaking rebutted.
|
J Health Serv Res Policy
|
2013
|
1.22
|
|
41
|
Aging with HIV in Africa: the challenges of living longer.
|
AIDS
|
2012
|
1.21
|
|
42
|
Levels of childhood vaccination coverage and the impact of maternal HIV status on child vaccination status in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa*.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2009
|
1.21
|
|
43
|
The prevalence and clinical presentation of antenatal depression in rural South Africa.
|
J Affect Disord
|
2011
|
1.16
|
|
44
|
Barriers to treatment access for Chagas disease in Mexico.
|
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
|
2013
|
1.15
|
|
45
|
Assessing the effect of HIV counselling and testing on HIV acquisition among South African youth.
|
AIDS
|
2013
|
1.08
|
|
46
|
Reply to 'Should biomarker estimates of HIV incidence be adjusted?'.
|
AIDS
|
2009
|
1.06
|
|
47
|
Male circumcision to cut HIV risk in the general population.
|
Lancet
|
2007
|
1.06
|
|
48
|
Design of an impact evaluation using a mixed methods model--an explanatory assessment of the effects of results-based financing mechanisms on maternal healthcare services in Malawi.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2014
|
1.05
|
|
49
|
Adjusting HIV prevalence for survey non-response using mortality rates: an application of the method using surveillance data from Rural South Africa.
|
PLoS One
|
2010
|
1.04
|
|
50
|
Constructing the cascade of HIV care: methods for measurement.
|
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
|
2016
|
1.04
|
|
51
|
Three approaches to causal inference in regression discontinuity designs.
|
Epidemiology
|
2015
|
1.03
|
|
52
|
Population-based CD4 counts in a rural area in South Africa with high HIV prevalence and high antiretroviral treatment coverage.
|
PLoS One
|
2013
|
1.02
|
|
53
|
Validating child vaccination status in a demographic surveillance system using data from a clinical cohort study: evidence from rural South Africa.
|
BMC Public Health
|
2011
|
1.02
|
|
54
|
Use of antiretroviral therapy in households and risk of HIV acquisition in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2004–12: a prospective cohort study.
|
Lancet Glob Health
|
2014
|
1.01
|
|
55
|
The potential impact of RV144-like vaccines in rural South Africa: a study using the STDSIM microsimulation model.
|
Vaccine
|
2011
|
1.00
|
|
56
|
Health systems integration of sexual and reproductive health and HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping study.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2014
|
0.99
|
|
57
|
Patient satisfaction with HIV and TB treatment in a public programme in rural KwaZulu-Natal: evidence from patient-exit interviews.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2014
|
0.99
|
|
58
|
Does enrollment status in community-based insurance lead to poorer quality of care? Evidence from Burkina Faso.
|
Int J Equity Health
|
2013
|
0.98
|
|
59
|
Interventions for hiring, retaining and training district health systems managers in low- and middle-income countries.
|
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
|
2013
|
0.98
|
|
60
|
Human resources needs for universal access to antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: a time and motion study.
|
Hum Resour Health
|
2012
|
0.95
|
|
61
|
Health workers at the core of the health system: framework and research issues.
|
Health Policy
|
2011
|
0.95
|
|
62
|
Are social support and HIV coping strategies associated with lower depression in adults on antiretroviral treatment? Evidence from rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
|
AIDS Care
|
2014
|
0.95
|
|
63
|
Modelling HIV incidence and survival from age-specific seroprevalence after antiretroviral treatment scale-up in rural South Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2013
|
0.94
|
|
64
|
Validating five questions of antiretroviral nonadherence in a public-sector treatment program in rural South Africa.
|
AIDS Patient Care STDS
|
2011
|
0.94
|
|
65
|
Towards comprehensive women's healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa: addressing intersections between HIV, reproductive and maternal health.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2014
|
0.94
|
|
66
|
Community health workers to improve antenatal care and PMTCT uptake in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a quantitative performance evaluation.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2014
|
0.94
|
|
67
|
Adherence to post-exposure prophylaxis for non-forcible sexual exposure to HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
AIDS Behav
|
2014
|
0.93
|
|
68
|
Innovations in health and demographic surveillance systems to establish the causal impacts of HIV policies.
|
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
|
2015
|
0.93
|
|
69
|
Health worker preferences for community-based health insurance payment mechanisms: a discrete choice experiment.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2012
|
0.90
|
|
70
|
Changing HIV treatment eligibility under health system constraints in sub-Saharan Africa: investment needs, population health gains, and cost-effectiveness.
|
AIDS
|
2016
|
0.90
|
|
71
|
False beliefs about ART effectiveness, side effects and the consequences of non-retention and non-adherence among ART patients in Livingstone, Zambia.
|
AIDS Behav
|
2013
|
0.90
|
|
72
|
Interviewer identity as exclusion restriction in epidemiology.
|
Epidemiology
|
2011
|
0.89
|
|
73
|
Provider payment in community-based health insurance schemes in developing countries: a systematic review.
|
Health Policy Plan
|
2012
|
0.89
|
|
74
|
Conceptual and methodological challenges to measuring political commitment to respond to HIV.
|
J Int AIDS Soc
|
2011
|
0.89
|
|
75
|
Study-design selection criteria in systematic reviews of effectiveness of health systems interventions and reforms: A meta-review.
|
Health Policy
|
2012
|
0.88
|
|
76
|
Socioeconomic disparities in sexually transmitted infections among young adults in the United States: examining the interaction between income and race/ethnicity.
|
Sex Transm Dis
|
2013
|
0.87
|
|
77
|
The role of the health system in HIV treatment-as-prevention.
|
AIDS
|
2010
|
0.86
|
|
78
|
Time and Money: The True Costs of Health Care Utilization for Patients Receiving "Free" HIV/Tuberculosis Care and Treatment in Rural KwaZulu-Natal.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2015
|
0.85
|
|
79
|
Do self-assessments of health predict future mortality in rural South Africa? The case of KwaZulu-Natal in the era of antiretroviral treatment.
|
Trop Med Int Health
|
2012
|
0.85
|
|
80
|
Preventing unintended pregnancy and HIV transmission: effects of the HIV treatment cascade on contraceptive use and choice in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2014
|
0.84
|
|
81
|
Indicators of political commitment to respond to HIV.
|
Sex Transm Infect
|
2012
|
0.84
|
|
82
|
Partner Age-Disparity and HIV Incidence Risk for Older Women in Rural South Africa.
|
AIDS Behav
|
2015
|
0.83
|
|
83
|
HIV treatment cascade in migrants and mobile populations.
|
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
|
2015
|
0.81
|
|
84
|
Health insurance for the poor decreases access to HIV testing in antenatal care: evidence of an unintended effect of health insurance reform in Colombia.
|
Health Policy Plan
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
85
|
Simultaneous Treatment of Missing Data and Measurement Error in HIV Research Using Multiple Overimputation.
|
Epidemiology
|
2015
|
0.80
|
|
86
|
Almost universal coverage: HIV testing among TB patients in a rural public programme.
|
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
87
|
Determinants and spatial patterns of adult overweight and hypertension in a high HIV prevalence rural South African population.
|
Health Place
|
2012
|
0.80
|
|
88
|
Time and money: the true costs of health care utilization for patients receiving 'free' HIV/TB care and treatment in rural KwaZulu-Natal.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2015
|
0.79
|
|
89
|
[Human resources needed to affter health prevention and promotion to adults in primary health care].
|
Salud Publica Mex
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
90
|
Determinants of time from HIV infection to linkage-to-care in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2017
|
0.78
|
|
91
|
Space-time migration patterns and risk of HIV acquisition in rural South Africa.
|
AIDS
|
2017
|
0.78
|
|
92
|
Sexual Behaviors and HIV Status: A Population-Based Study Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2017
|
0.78
|
|
93
|
Quasi-experiments to establish causal effects of HIV care and treatment and to improve the cascade of care.
|
Curr Opin HIV AIDS
|
2015
|
0.78
|
|
94
|
On the assumption of bivariate normality in selection models: a Copula approach applied to estimating HIV prevalence.
|
Epidemiology
|
2015
|
0.77
|
|
95
|
Sexual partnership age-pairings and risk of HIV acquisition in rural South Africa: a population-based cohort study.
|
AIDS
|
2017
|
0.76
|
|
96
|
Social disequilibrium and the risk of HIV acquisition: A multilevel study in rural KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
|
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
97
|
National South African HIV prevalence estimates robust despite substantial test non-participation.
|
S Afr Med J
|
2017
|
0.75
|
|
98
|
Bringing the state back in: understanding and validating measures of governments' political commitment to HIV.
|
Glob Public Health
|
2014
|
0.75
|