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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"Prescription Drugs"”.
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Serialization of prescription drugs in the USA : a centralized view
This thesis explores the impact of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) on various stakeholders in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Specific attention has been dedicated to the impact on manufacturers and distributors/retailers. Although various interpretations of the DSCSA are possible, this …
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Addiction to Prescription Drugs: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Constructionist Study
… of the experience of becoming addicted to prescription medications. In addition, a constructionist analysis of the cultural, sociopolitical, and historical aspects of addiction are examined. The modern concept of addiction did not begin to come into being until the late nineteenth century. …
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Insurance Choice And The Demand For Prescription Drugs Among Individuals With Chronic Conditions
… adults and their utilization and expenditures on prescription drugs. Discrete factor model is used to estimate an individual's probability of any drug use and the conditional level of utilization and associated out-of-pocket expenditures. Analyses on four subpopulation groups, i.e. hypertension, …
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Survey on retail prices of prescription drugs in Uganda : an inter-regional comparison
… responsible for disparities in retail prices of prescription drugs in Uganda. The study also came out with methods that can be used to minimise these disparities and to control retail prices of prescription drugs in Uganda.
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A web-based survey to assess perceptions of managed care organization representatives regarding the use of co-pay subsidy coupons for prescription drugs
Pharmaceutical manufacturers’ use of prescription brand-name drugs coupons and vouchers to subsidize patients’ cost-sharing obligations such as co-pays has increased. The co-pays are used by managed care organizations (MCOs) to give their plan members an appreciation of drug costs as well as to …
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Applications of Causal Inference Methods for the Estimation of Effects of Bone Marrow Transplant and Prescription Drugs on Survival of Aplastic Anemia Patients
… on bone marrow transplantation (BMT) and prescription drugs, and the identification of optimal treatment strategies.</p> <p>The first paper, "Causal Inference Analysis for Assessing the Effect of Bone Marrow Transplantation on the One-Year Survival of Adult and Pediatric Aplastic Anemia …
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A study of the use of prescription and non-prescription drugs by an elderly population of the Southern Peninsular area of Cape Town
The aims of this research were to establish the drug use patterns of an elderly population in the southern suburbs of the Cape peninsula and to determine the extent of knowledge with respect to their medicines. In addition, the relationship between drug use patterns and medication knowledge and the …
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Analysis of factors of importance for drug use
… adult population and in a population where prescription drugs were issued only by general practitioners. 2. To analyse if gender-related morbidity explains the differences in drug use. 3. To examine to what extent the elderly may lack indication for treatment. Methods: Register-based methods …
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A Need for Government Intervention? Prescription Drug Prices and Retail Mark-ups
The high cost of prescription drugs has been an issue that numerous federal agencies have examined for years. In 2003, Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, better known as Medicare Part D, in an effort to ease the burden of skyrocketing prescription …
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Klonopin Collectifs, the “Charms” of Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Other Pleasures of Non-Medical Prescription Drug Use
… research conducted on non-medical prescription drug use assumes pharmaceuticals to have fixed, inherent euphorigenic qualities. Quantitative analysis of substance abuse depends on drugs acting predictably. However, this conception of pharmaceuticals has failed to account for the …
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Klonopin Collectifs, the “Charms” of Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Other Pleasures of Non-Medical Prescription Drug Use
… research conducted on non-medical prescription drug use assumes pharmaceuticals to have fixed, inherent euphorigenic qualities. Quantitative analysis of substance abuse depends on drugs acting predictably. However, this conception of pharmaceuticals has failed to account for the …
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A Survey of Music Performance Anxiety: Definition, Causes and Treatments
… desensitization, relaxation techniques, prescription drugs and alternative or homeopathic aids are examined. The final chapter consists of a conclusion, bibliography, and appendices of treatment facilities.</p>
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Primary care physicians' perspectives on the Ontario Drug Benefit Program (ODB).
… governments to publicly fund prescription drugs when delivered in the hospital. This coverage does not continue once individuals are discharged under the terms of the CHA. Governments do provide additional public coverage for drugs outside of the hospital for specific groups. …
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Insurance Design and Pharmaceutical Innovation
… In the United States, most patients obtain prescription drugs through insurance plans administered by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs). Beginning in 2012, PBMs began refusing to provide coverage for many newly approved drugs when cheaper alternatives were available. We show that this policy …
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The Pricing of Pharmaceuticals by Online and Traditional Retailers: An Empirical Examination
… levels were lower for both over-the-counter and prescription drugs; the prices for the former were more dispersed online, while the prices for latter were less. As predicted, however, prices for pharmaceutical products changed less frequently online. It is not entirely clear, however, that the …
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An Examination of Patterns and Trends of Prescription Drug Abuse Among Adolescents.
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine prescription drug abuse among the adolescent population and analyze factors that may contribute to or influence adolescent drug abuse. This study examined 3 waves of a secondary data set from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration …
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The Low Literate Consumer in the Pharmacy
… literate consumers use when buying and consuming prescription and non-prescription drugs. The results suggest that while some of the strategies are successful, other strategies may lead to harmful consequences.
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Qualitative Reports Of Michigan Medical Marijuana
… using marijuana to substitute or wean off prescription drugs. All patients and producers who were taking opiate narcotics claimed they reduced overall drug use, especially opiates, by using medical marijuana. Patients and caregivers also claimed medical marijuana was preferred over opiates, …
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An examination of the effects of medicare part d on racial/ethnic disparities
… Part D has reduced racial/ethnic disparities in prescription drug utilization and spending among Medicare seniors. Using nationally representative data on White, African-American, and Hispanic Medicare seniors from the 2002-2009 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, this dissertation analyzes eight …
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