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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Prescribing patterns"”.
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A retrospective analysis of the prescribing patterns of isotretinoin
… to the treatment of severe acne. Isotretinoin prescribing is under the largest risk-minimisation programme (called iPLEDGE) ever implemented for a drug in the United States of America, due to concerns with pregnancies during isotretinoin treatment (Honein et al., 2007:11). In comparison South …
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Gender Differences in Opioid Prescribing Patterns among Adults in the US
… aims to evaluate gender differences in opioid prescribing in ambulatory care and emergency department settings. The retrospective analysis of opioid prescribing rates in the US included all adult medical visits from 2006-2016. Data was collected from two nationally representative surveys, The …
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A descriptive analysis of antipsychotic prescribing patterns for patients admitted to hospital with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia
… recommendations have been made on antipsychotic prescribing patterns for patients with schizophrenia, there is still a disconnect between these recommendations and the prescribing patterns that are seen in clinical practice. This study investigates the current antipsychotic prescribing patterns …
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Prescribing patterns of antiretroviral drugs in the private health care sector in South Africa : a drug utilisation review
… study was to review, analyse and interpret the prescribing patterns of antiviral drugs, with special reference to antiretroviral drugs, in the private health care sector in South Africa by using a medicine claims database. A quantitative, retrospective drug utilisation review was performed. The …
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A survey of antibiotic prescribing patterns and in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility patterns at the University Teaching Hosptal, Lusaka,Zambia ,1998
The development of drug resistance to common pathogens, has generated much concern in the medical community. The absence of an antibiotic policy at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), has resulted in a high frequency of antibiotic prescription and probable inappropriate use. This may have …
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A survey of antibiotic prescribing patterns and in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility patterns at the University Teaching Hosptal, Lusaka,Zambia ,1998
The development of drug resistance to common pathogens, has generated much concern in the medical community. The absence of an antibiotic policy at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), has resulted in a high frequency of antibiotic prescription and probable inappropriate use. This may have …
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Practice Patterns and Influential Factors of Nurse Practitioners Managing Chronic Pain
… chronic pain or factors that influence those patterns. These gaps have implications on NP regulation and workforce development, as well as primary care transformation and clinical practice. Therefore, the purpose of this dissertation is to understand primary care NPs’ opioid and non-opioid …
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Hypogonadism, Testosterone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Depression in Middle Aged and Older Men in the US
… past decade; however little is known about TRT prescribing patterns in men with depression. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first large-scale, real-world, nationally representative study of middle aged and older men to examine: a) TRT prescribing patterns, by depression status b) the …
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Workplace injuries, early opioid prescribing, and disability in Washington State
… From the late 1990s through early 2010s, opioid prescribing increased dramatically in workers' compensation (WC) systems, following national trends within the United States. The increase in opioid prescribing coincided with an increase in overdose deaths and morbidity linked to prescription …
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Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing, Dispensing and Susceptibility Testing in a Primary Care Spinal Cord Injury Cohort
… has been conducted on outpatient antibiotic prescribing in the SCI population, especially in primary care. The objectives of this thesis in a cohort of individuals with SCI rostered to a primary care physician (PCP) are to: 1) examine primary care antibiotic prescribing patterns; 2) determine …
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The trends and rates of gabapentin and pregabalin
… rising. Detailed and published evidence on the prescribing rates and trends of gabapentin and pregabalin is limited. Identifying the prescribing rates and trends of gabapentinoids will help us to quantify the scale of the issue and allow us to examine whether there are associations with …
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Using National Health Insurance Fund Database for the Assessment of Prescribing Quality and Efficiency /
… tool for the assessment of drug utilization, prescribing quality and efficiency. The comprehensive analysis of NHIF data on reimbursed medicines was carried out in this work. This enabled to assess the suitability of NHIF data for evaluation of prescribing patterns, prescribing quality and …
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Autonomous Nurse Practitioner Practice: A Position Paper and Action Plan for Change
… in the context of organizational influences, prescribing patterns, decision-making, role implementation, patient satisfaction and health outcomes of nurse practitioner versus physician care. National organizations such as the Institute of Medicine and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are …
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Assessment of prescribing practices in community pharmacies in Windhoek, Namibia: a focus on antibiotics
… private facilities. Aim This study assessed the prescribing patterns in community pharmacies in Windhoek, Namibia, focussing on antibiotics to gauge the magnitude of the problem. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using an adapted, validated WHO methodology. The study population …
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A Review of Psychotropic drug prescription for patients with Intellectual disability at Alexandra Hospital (a specialist Intellectual Disability psychiatric hospital) outpatient clinic
… challenge. Aim: The study aimed to assess the prescribing patterns of psychotropic medication to outpatients with intellectual disability at a psychiatric hospital. Setting: Alexandra hospital outpatient clinic, Cape Town. Methods: This was a retrospective folder and prescription chart review. …
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Implementation of an Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Program to Reduce Fluoroquinolone Overprescribing at a Veterans Affairs Academic Medical Center
… in overall and appropriate fluoroquinolone prescribing rates by primary care providers at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center before and after implementation of an audit and feedback intervention. Methods: After a medical chart audit to assess appropriateness of fluoroquinolone prescriptions …
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Barriers to morphine use in primary care in the Cape Town metropole
… to be achieved an analysis of the morphine use patterns withing the health system, and the development of indicators to monitor implementation are vital. Aim The aim of this research was to examine the patterns of oral, outpatient morphine prescription in public healthcare facilities within the …
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Evaluating and Changing Postoperative Opioid Prescribing After Routine Pediatric Surgery
… there is greater focus on physician narcotic prescribing practices as a potential contributing factor to increasing opioid misuse. In an effort to evaluate this potential among pediatric surgeons we designed a two phased study including baseline evaluation and intervention. Our objectives were …
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Investing in Clinical Trials for Older Adults: The Value and Challenges of Older Adult-Specific Clinical Trials
… evidence from older adult-specific trials on the prescribing patterns, using phase 3 clinical trials for post-lumpectomy irradiation in early-stage breast cancer (ESBC) as a case study. The difference-in-differences analysis showed that older adult-specific trial results led to a significant …
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Applying Language Models To Patient Health Records: Acronym Expansion, Long Document Classification and Explainable Predictions
… to study a stigmatized condition, namely opioid prescribing patterns and opioid use disorder (OUD) risk, and (3) developing explainable models that utilize clinical notes for complex diagnoses such as dementia. This thesis has three main contributions. The first contribution introduces CLASSE …
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