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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"drug utilization"”.
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Drug utilization research databases appraisal of maturity (durdam): an international modified delphi consensus study /
Data used in drug utilization research (DUR) is routinely collected from sales data, reimbursement databases, disease registries, or electronic health records, with databases varying in characteristics, content, and accessibility between countries. The aim of this study is to determine whether the …
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Drug prescribing and administration changes in hospitalized geriatric patients : analysis of three drug utilization review programs
… patients or 0.5% of the population. The use of drugs in this population comprises approximately 25% of the prescription drug market in the United States which is directly related to the greater occurrence of pathological problems associated with the aging process. While it is evident that the …
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Using National Health Insurance Fund Database for the Assessment of Prescribing Quality and Efficiency /
… relevant and reliable 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, …
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Analysis of Out-of-Pocket Expenditures of Oral Oncologics for Tennessee Recipients of Medicare Part D
… that examine patients' costs of oral oncology drugs from Medicare Part D plan providers. These drugs can impose a financial burden to beneficiaries, and, due to their cost, place beneficiaries in the coverage gap in a short period of time. In addition to examining costs, there is little …
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Development and Construct Validation of the Pharmacists' Care of Migraineurs Scale
… the following domains: empathy, prospective drug utilization review for newly diagnosed migraineurs, medication counseling, non-pharmacologic treatment plan, headache sufferer triage, dissemination of public health information and maintenance of knowledge on migraine. Evidence supported the …
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An examination of the effects of medicare part d on racial/ethnic disparities
… 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 measures of …
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Impact of Cost Sharing Levels on Adherence to Controller Drugs and Consequent Outcomes among Asthma Patients
<p>Prescription drug cost sharing is an effective tool to reduce the excessive drug consumption. However, many times it could have a negative impact on the drug utilization especially in case of chronic conditions. Chronic conditions such as asthma require appropriate utilization of controller …
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Insurance Choice And The Demand For Prescription Drugs Among Individuals With Chronic Conditions
… the chronically ill non-elderly 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 …
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A Nationwide Study of ADHD Drug Use among Adults in Iceland 2003-2012
… attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs have been used over the past decade. In particular we aimed to describe the prevalence, incidence and duration of use of stimulants and atomoxetine, among adults (≥19 years) in Iceland, with regard to sex, age, type of drug and specialty of …
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Market Response to Food and Drug Administration's Safety Warnings: a Case Study Using an Interrupted Time Series Analysis of the Medicare Database for 2006-2008
… evaluate the impact of a safety warning on the utilization rates of thiazolidinedione oral anti-diabetes medication using an interrupted time series analysis. Methods: We extracted data from a five percent national sample of Medicare Part D beneficiaries for the periods between January 2006 and …
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Burden Of Depression Among Individuals With Irritable Bowel Syndrome(IBS) In The Medicaid Population
… the impact of comorbid depression on healthcare utilization and costs among individuals with IBS enrolled in fee-for-service Medicaid program. Methods: a retrospective cohort study was conducted using 2006-2008 Medicaid analytic extract files for 39 states. Beneficiaries with IBS were identified …
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Essays in health economics
… Part D and estimate that this prescription drug benefit program reduced elderly mortality by 2.2 percent annually. This was driven primarily by a reduction in cardiovascular mortality, the leading cause of death for the elderly. There was no effect on deaths due to cancer, a condition whose …
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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
… 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 offer …
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The trouble with white pants: medicalisation and agency in the context of menstrual suppression
… the United States of America Food and Drug Administration approval of the first ECOC called Seasonale in 2003. Rather than framing ECOC as simply a forward trajectory of biomedical technologies, or as a medical 'take-over' of another aspect of women's bodies, it examines the ways in …
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Predictors Of Dental Opioid Analgesic Prescribing, Opioid Use And Dental Emergency Department Visits In The Mississippi Medicaid Population
… Mississippi regarding opioid abuse and misuse, drug utilization trend monitoring and curtailing opioid abuse by broadening the lens to the field of dentistry.
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Targeting and Reprogramming Tumor-Associated Macrophages with Polymeric Nanoparticle-Mediated mRNA Delivery for Cancer Treatment
… B-cell malignancies, which are complex and drug-resistant. These malignancies arise from genetic changes and are influenced by the tumor microenvironment (TME), where tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) play a key role. TAMs can be divided into pro-inflammatory M1 type macrophages and …
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Total and Disease Specific Resource Use and Healthcare Cost of Patients with Glaucoma
… blindness. Previous literature has estimated the utilization and financial burden of disease, with a few studies also reporting outcomes as vision loss worsens, but few have included drug claims. The primary objective of this study was to characterize the overall and disease-related healthcare …
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A retrospective evaluation on the use of Cephalosporins in open-heart surgery
… are among the most frequently prescribed drugs in this country exceeded only by the psychoactive drugs." Dr. Charles C. Edwards, former Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, recognized that a problem existed and recommended the establishment of a National Task Force on the …
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Chemoprevention in Kidney Cancer
Background: This thesis is a composition of three studies that explore the role of statins in kidney cancer. Furthermore, I evaluate the potential for different interpretations from the same data depending on the method of classifying medication use. Methods: The first study was a population-based …
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Analysis of patient drug usage trends in the POYC scheme
… pharmacies. The aim of this study was to analyse drug usage data within the POYC system using a community pharmacy in Malta as an example. POYC patients who are registered with the pharmacy were selected randomly using an online random number generator. Patient details and drug usage history were …
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