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The Association Between Opioid-Related Industry Payments and Opioid Prescribing at the Individual and Ecological Level in Pennsylvania [PDF]

, 2018
Objective: to understand how industry payments related to opioid products are associated with opioid prescribing in Pennsylvania. Methods: we merged the Open Payments data, Medicare Part D public use file, and Dartmouth Hospital Atlas of Health Care ...
George, PhD, MS, Brandon, King, MPHc, John Henri, McIntire, PhD, MPH, Russell K.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Video‐based diagnostics supported by artificial intelligence as an opportunity to address the epilepsy diagnostic gap: A narrative review

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite advancements in epilepsy care, a substantial diagnostic gap persists, particularly in resource‐limited settings. This narrative review explores the potential of video‐based diagnostics augmented by artificial intelligence (AI) to address this gap by enabling earlier and more accessible seizure detection and classification.
Gadi Miron, Robert Terziev, Maximilian Schöls, John McLaren, Tobias Loddenkemper, Jörg Wellmer, Sigrid Mues, Christian Meisel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between industry payments and prescribing costly medications: an observational study using open payments and medicare part D data

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background While many new medications may offer advantages over existing drugs, some newer drugs are reformulations of existing products that provide little innovation or incremental benefit while driving up drug costs.
Manvi Sharma, Aisha Vadhariya, Michael L. Johnson, Zachary A. Marcum, Holly M. Holmes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

What does it mean to live with epilepsy? Burden of illness from the patient perspective

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Our web based survey explored the real world experiences of patients with epilepsy (PwE) taking antiseizure medications (ASMs) who continue to have at least one seizure per month. The graphical abstract summarizes the study population, survey methodology, and key outcomes.
Joanne M. Wagner, Bhagyashree Oak, Brittany Smith, Amod Athavale, Jeffrey R. Skaar, Alvin Ong, Cynthia Harden   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geographic and Age-Based Variations in Medicare Reimbursement Among ASSH Members. [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate how American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) members\u27 Medicare reimbursement depends on their geographical location and number of years in practice. Methods: Demographic data for surgeons
Gaspar, Michael P., Honik, Grace B., Jacoby, Sidney M., Kane, Patrick M., Osterman, A. Lee, Shin, Eon K.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Safety of postimplantation MRI with Dixi microdeep electrodes in situ: An in vitro evaluation of MRI‐related heating at 1.5T

Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Postimplantation assessment of the position of depth EEG electrodes for intracerebral recordings in patients with refractory focal epilepsy can be performed with MRI or with CT after coregistration to a preimplantation MRI. While both methods offer risks and advantages, postimplantation MRI risks depend on the electrode heating ...
Ruth O’Gorman Tuura, Roger Luechinger, Rahel Heule, Raimund Kottke, Sabine Rona, Niklaus Krayenbühl, Georgia Ramantani   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medication therapy management and adherence among US renal transplant recipients

Patient Preference and Adherence, 2016
Marie A Chisholm-Burns,1 Christina A Spivey,1 Elizabeth A Tolley,2 Erin K Kaplan2 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, 2Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, TN,
Chisholm-Burns MA, Spivey CA, Tolley EA, Kaplan EK   +3 more
doaj  

Mind the Gap! Consumer Perceptions and Choices of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans [PDF]

Medicare Part D provides prescription drug coverage through Medicare approved plans offered by private insurance companies and HMOs. In this paper, we study the role of current prescription drug use and health risks, related expectations, and subjective ...
Daniel McFadden, Florian Heiss, Joachim Winter   +2 more
core  

Medicare Part D: Avoiding the “Donut Hole” and Cost-related Medication Nonadherence [PDF]

, 2014
Problem: Studies have shown that only ~50% of patients with chronic conditions take their medications as prescribed. Patient nonadherence can be due to forgetfulness, desire to avoid adverse side effects, and high costs of medications, particularly in ...
Selen, Daryl
core   +1 more source

Asymmetric Information With Multiple Risks: The Case of the Chilean Private Health Insurance Market

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We extend the Rothshild and Stiglitz (1976) model to two sources of risk –inpatient and outpatient risk– to better proxy real‐world health insurance markets. We uncover an interesting theoretical possibility: Take individuals A and B, who are low risks in, say, the inpatient dimension but A is riskier in the outpatient dimension.
Dolores de la Mata, Matilde P. Machado, Pau Olivella, Nieves Valdés   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source