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Drug Prescription patterns of Physicians in South Khorasan- 2014-2015
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
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Use of illicit and prescription drugs for cognitive or mood enhancement among surgeons
BackgroundSurgeons are usually exposed to high workloads leading to fatigue and stress. This not only increases the likelihood of mistakes during surgery but also puts pressure on surgeons to use drugs to counteract fatigue, distress, concentration ...
A. Franke+6 more
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Americans' Access to Prescription Drugs Stabilizes, 2007-2010 [PDF]
Examines trends in the percentage of Americans reporting difficulty affording prescription drugs by insurance status, age group, income, and health status.
Ellyn Boukus, Emily R. Carrier
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Objective Administrative claims are used to evaluate oral glucocorticoid use in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), despite limited evidence to support accuracy. We aimed to evaluate the performance of claims‐based algorithms for glucocorticoid use compared to self‐report in an RA population.
Beth I. Wallace+16 more
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Prescription writing pattern among the dental practitioners of a tertiary care hospital in Karachi
Objective 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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The Impact of the Medicare Drug Benefit on Health Care Spending by Older Households [PDF]
This report uses data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey from 2004 to 2006 as well as data from the Congressional Budget Office to analyze the savings in prescription drug spending for seniors as a result of the Medicare ...
Ben Zipperer, Dean Baker
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Municipal Health Plans: Gilded Benefits From a Bygone Era [PDF]
Compares the premiums, deductibles, and co-pays for office visits, prescription drugs, high-tech imaging, outpatient surgery, and hospital admissions of fourteen municipalities' employee health plans with those of other public and private ...
Robert Carey
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Whole‐Blood RNA Sequencing Profiling of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With Tofacitinib
Objective Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often fail to respond to therapies, including JAK inhibitors (JAKi), and treatment allocation is made via a trial‐and‐error strategy. A comprehensive analysis of responses to JAKi, including tofacitinib, by RNA sequencing (RNAseq) would allow the discovery of transcriptomic markers with a two‐fold ...
Chiara Bellocchi+11 more
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BACKGROUND The increased use of opioid analgesics, sedative hypnotics and stimulants, coupled with the associated risks of overdose have raised concerns around the inappropriate prescribing of these monitored drugs.
T. Gomes+8 more
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The implications of WTO accession on the pharmaceutical industry in China [PDF]
Given the limited capabilities of R&D and global distribution channels, and the virtual non-existence of patented drugs, the Chinese pharmaceutical industry has little chance to enter the global market of Western prescription drugs and compete with the ...
Yeung, Godfrey
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