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Retrospective drug utilization review: impact of pharmacist interventions on physician prescribing

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2011
Mallik Angalakuditi1, Joseph Gomes21Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2Baxter Health Care, Deerfield, IL, USAObjectives: To evaluate the impact of retrospective drug utilization review (RDUR), pharmacist’s interventions on physician ...
Angalakuditi M, Gomes J
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Influencers of generic drug utilization: A systematic review [PDF]

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2018
With an increase in prescription drug spending and rising drug costs there is a need to encourage the use of generic prescription drugs. However, maximizing generic drug use is not possible without the public's positive perception and meeting their informational needs about generic drugs.
Jennifer N, Howard, Ilene, Harris, Gavriella, Frank, Zippora, Kiptanui, Jingjing, Qian, Richard, Hansen   +5 more
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Cost-Sharing: Effects on Spending and Outcomes [PDF]

, 2010
Reviews what is known and not known about the effects of consumer cost-sharing on distribution of and total spending, health outcomes, services, and prescription drugs and how responses to cost-sharing vary by socioeconomic factors and health ...
Katherine Swartz
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Adherence to Protocol Recommendations for Children With Wilms Tumour in Two Consecutive Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland—Does Variation Matter?

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Wilms tumour (WT) has excellent event‐free and overall survival (OS). However, small differences exist between countries participating in the same international study. This led us to examine variation in adherence to protocol recommendations as a potential contributing factor.
Suzanne Tugnait, R. Al‐Saadi, A. Lopez‐Cortes, K. Dzhuma, M. Oostveen, J. Brok, S. Irtan, M. Weeks, J. Bate, S. Baker, R. Williams, M. Powis, D. Saunders, O. Olsen, T. Watson, S. Shelmerdine, S. Vaidya, L. Howell, C. Duncan, G. M. Vujanic, C. Stiller, G. P. Balchin, T. Chowdhury, K. Pritchard‐Jones   +23 more
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Multimodal Implementations to Reduce Neonatal Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Colistin Use: An Interrupted Time Series

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: We investigated multimodal strategies to reduce neonatal ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and antimicrobial use across three periods: period 1 (2014–2017), environmental cleaning with sodium hypochlorite, installation of heat ...
Gunlawadee Maneenil, Anucha Thatrimontrichai, Praew Chareesri, Pattima Pakhathirathien, Manapat Praditaukrit, Supaporn Dissaneevate, Supika Kritsaneepaiboon, Anucha Apisarnthanarak   +7 more
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DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW OF FLUOROQUINOLONES AMONG THE OUT-PATIENTS IN A PUBLIC SECTOR HOSPITAL, PAKISTAN

International Journal of Pharmacy & Integrated Health Sciences, 2023
Background: The increase in antibiotic resistance is a challenging threat to the healthcare system. Irrational drug use, polypharmacy and the current epidemic of bacterial resistance is attributed to the over use of anti-microbial drugs. Objectives: The
Awais Arshaad, Shahzaib Sharafat, Ayesha Mustafa, Hamza Mahmood, Fatima Mustafa, Sonia Tariq, Ammara Asif   +6 more
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Limited Options to Manage Specialty Drug Spending [PDF]

, 2012
Outlines rising trends in costs of and spending on specialty drugs; health plans' efforts to curb specialty drug spending, including patient cost sharing and utilization management; and efforts to integrate medical and pharmaceutical ...
Divya R. Samuel, Ha T. Tu
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Sirolimus for Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: A Scoping Review of the Evidence in Syndromic and Non‐Syndromic Cases

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare, high‐flow, vascular anomalies that can occur either sporadically or as part of a genetic syndrome. AVMs can progress with serious morbidity and even mortality if left unchecked. Sirolimus is an mTOR inhibitor that is effective in low‐flow vascular malformations; however, its role in AVMs is unclear.
Will Swansson, Ingrid Winship, Gary Hammerschlag, Laura Scardamaglia   +3 more
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Preferences of Pediatric Patients and Their Caregivers for Chemotherapy‐Induced Nausea and Vomiting Control Endpoints: A Mixed Methods Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Although not always achieved, complete chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) control is the conventional goal of CINV prophylaxis. In this two‐center, mixed‐methods study, we sought to understand the preferences of adolescent patients and family caregivers for CINV control endpoints.
Haley Newman, Tadi Hondonga, Alison Berry, Caitlin Elgarten, Jason Freedman, Katelyn Oranges, Sara McDonough, Caroline Diorio, L. Lee Dupuis   +8 more
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Usage Pattern and Serum Level Measurement of Amikacin in the Internal Medicine Ward of the Largest Referral Hospital in the South of Iran: A Pharmacoepidemiological Study

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Background: The inappropriate use of aminoglycosides has harmful effects such as the development of resistant pathogens and the incidence of nephrotoxicity and ototoxicity.
Soha Namazi, Mohammad Mahdi Sagheb, Mohammad Mahdi Hashempour, Arman Sadatsharifi   +3 more
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