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Physician Referral Patterns to Physical Therapists for Managing Knee Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of Electronic Health Records From an Integrated Health System

open access: yesArthritis 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
wiley   +1 more source

Preferences for post‐traumatic osteoarthritis prevention strategies in individuals with anterior cruciate ligament injury

open access: yesArthritis 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
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Prescription Writing Pattern in a Tertiary Care Center and Hospital at Vidisha Madhya Pradesh: A Prospective Study

open access: yesJournal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
Background: Drug prescription monitoring is important for assessing the quality of prescription and rationality and also to know if there is other drug use out of diagnosis.
Sudhir K. Jain   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Outcomes of Patients Within the Rheumatoid Arthritis Care Pathway Cohort at a Tertiary Care Integrated Delivery Network: A Comparison to Usual Care

open access: yesArthritis 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
wiley   +1 more source

Drug Prescription patterns of Physicians in South Khorasan- 2014-2015

open access: yesمجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی بیرجند, 2018
Background and Aim:  Drug prescription is an important part of pharmacotherapy; therefore, inattention to the principle of drug prescription can cause problems such as incorrect treatment, unsuccessful or incomplete, and force higher cost to ...
Maryam Sadeghi   +4 more
doaj  

The Widening Health Care Gap Between High- and Low-Wage Workers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Compares the changes in insurance status, out-of-pocket costs, access to care, use of prescription drugs, and health-related outcomes of low-wage workers and high-wage workers between 1996 and 2003.
Bisundev Mahato, Sherry A. Glied
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Temporal Trends in and Associations With Nonsteroidal Anti‐inflammatory Drug Prescription in Adult and Pediatric Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Recent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment guidelines have recommended against nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drug (NSAID) use despite prevalent musculoskeletal symptoms and opioid overuse in this population. Given the discordance between changing national guidelines and potential clinical utility, we sought to assess national temporal
Adam S. Mayer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

ASSESSMENT OF PRESCRIPTION PATTERN AND PRESCRIPTION ERRORS USING THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DRUG USE INDICATORS IN LADY READING HOSPITAL PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

open access: yesKhyber Medical University Journal, 2018
OBJECTIVES: To assess and evaluate prescription pattern and prescription errors using World Health Organization (WHO) drug use indicators in the medical ward of Leady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Haya Hussain   +6 more
doaj  

Pharmaceuticals: Access, Cost, Pricing, and Directions for the Future. 13th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy [PDF]

open access: yes
Prescription drug expenditures make up less than 10 percent of total personal health care expenditures in the United States, but over the last decade the amount that Americans spend on prescription drugs has grown much faster than any other component of ...
Patricia M. Danzon, Stephen B. Soumerai
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A comparison of attitudes toward cognitive enhancement and legalized doping in sport in a community sample of Australian adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: This article compares public attitudes toward the use of prescription drugs for cognitive enhancement with the use of performance enhancing drugs in sport.
Hall, Wayne   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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