Prescription Drugs (Latest Articles)

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The concentration and persistence of health care expenditures and prescription drug expenditures in Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer disease and related dementias.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) have become a major concern for Medicare because of the increasing prevalence rate and the associated high cost of care. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the extent of concentration and ...
rec_pub_19786913-the-concentration-persistence-health-care-expenditures-prescription.htm

Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids among Medicaid enrollees - Washington, 2004-2007.

28 Oct 2009 During 1999-2006, the number of poisoning deaths in the United States nearly doubled, from approximately 20,000 to 37,000, largely because of overdose deaths involving prescription opioid painkillers. This increase coincided with a nearly fourfold ...
rec_pub_19875978-overdose-deaths-involving-prescription-opioids-medicaid-enrollees.htm

Validity and representativeness of the "Disease Analyzer" patient database for use in pharmacoepidemiological and pharmacoeconomic studies.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: Patient and health care databases are available in many countries. These are often based on routinely collected diagnosis and prescription data. Various research questions, such as those related to pharmacoepidemiological health services ...
rec_pub_19825325-validity-representativeness-disease-analyzer-patient-database-use.htm

Pharmacists' role in facilitating evidence-based prescribing for unlabeled use of medications.

29 Sep 2009
rec_pub_19767380-pharmacists-role-facilitating-evidence-based-prescribing-unlabeled.htm

Fiscally challenged drug-donation program helps needy Wyoming residents.

29 Sep 2009
rec_pub_19767372-fiscally-challenged-drug-donation-program-helps-needy-wyoming.htm

StatBite: cancer pain.

29 Sep 2009
rec_pub_19797720-statbite-cancer-pain.htm

African Americans in commercial HMOs more likely to delay prescription drugs and use the emergency room.

29 Sep 2009 Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) are designed to provide comprehensive health care, including primary care to their enrollees. However, HMOs deliver care through a wide variety of physician networks, settings and methods throughout the nation ...
rec_pub_19842294-african-americans-commercial-hmos-likely-delay-prescription-drugs-use.htm

Ontario takes aim at painkiller abuse.

19 Sep 2009
rec_pub_19770251-ontario-takes-aim-painkiller-abuse.htm

Effect of a pharmacist-run call center on medication access for ambulatory care patients.

13 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: An outreach program created to assist an outpatient hospital pharmacy with helping patients unable to afford the cost of prescriptions and to increase patient access to medications is described. SUMMARY: The MassMedLine pharmacy outreach ...
rec_pub_19729572-effect-pharmacist-run-center-medication-access-ambulatory-care.htm

Purposeful learning with drug repurposing.

9 Sep 2009
rec_pub_19745134-purposeful-learning-drug-repurposing.htm

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