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Do Drug Plans Matter? Effects of Drug Plan Eligibility on Drug Use Among the Elderly, Social Assistance Recipients and the General Population [PDF]
The 1984 Canada Health Act does not require that the provinces subsidize prescription drugs. Many provinces do, however, provide categorical coverage to the elderly, social assistance recipients and others, although the generosity of coverage is highly ...
Mitchell Levine, Paul V. Grootendorst
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Prescription writing pattern among the dental practitioners of a tertiary care hospital in Karachi
BMC Primary CareObjective To identify the frequency and types of prescription errors, assess adherence to WHO prescribing indicators, and highlight the gaps in current prescribing practices of Junior dental practitioners in a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.
Ruqaya Shah +7 more
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Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016 Background: Drug prescription pattern for the treatment of falciparum malaria differs widely from place to place; but there is also some intra organizational variation of prescription pattern of anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of falciparum malaria.
Pratyay Pratim Datta
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Current Trends and Future Outlook for Retiree Health Benefits [PDF]
, 2004 Documents the increasing costs of retiree benefits for large private sector employers and their retirees. Looks at the response of large employers to the Medicare prescription drug law and the subsidies it provides for maintaining retiree drug ...
Amy Atchison +4 more
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Long‐Term Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study From the Veterans Health Administration
Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of long‐term opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed long‐term opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget +7 more
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Prescription Drug Abuse: An Introduction
MedEdPORTAL, 2010 Education in substance use disorders remains inadequate in medical training curricula. Although it is a growing health problem, prescription drug abuse is specifically addressed even less comprehensively.
Daniel Alford +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective This study aims to describe the frequency and timing of physician referrals to physical therapists (PTs) and other treatments prescribed over 12 months in patients with recent onset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). The study also aims to identify determinants of early PT referrals.
Samannaaz S. Khoja +4 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objectives There is growing interest in evaluating new strategies to delay or prevent post‐traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) in individuals who have sustained anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. This study sought to determine characteristics of potential treatments that are acceptable to patients with ACL injury.
Kevin Kennedy +9 more
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Formal modelling and design of mobile prescription applications [PDF]
, 2008 Adverse drug effects are a major cause of death in the world with tens of thousand deaths occurring each year because of medication or prescription errors.
Omoregbe, N. A.
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We aimed to compare clinical outcomes between patients in the Allegheny Health Network rheumatoid arthritis (RA) care pathway and patients receiving usual care. Methods The care pathway initiative implements guideline‐based best practice alongside multidisciplinary team‐based care.
Tarun Sharma +7 more
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