A retrospective study on the impact of comorbid depression or anxiety on healthcare resource use and costs among diabetic neuropathy patientsLuke Boulanger
Health Economic Research and Quality of Life Evaluation, Abt Bio Pharma Solutions, Inc, Lexington, MA, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 9:111. 2009
..No study has examined the differences in economic outcomes depending on the presence of comorbid DA disorders...
Impact of comorbid depression or anxiety on patterns of treatment and economic outcomes among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic painLuke Boulanger
Health Economic Research and Quality of Life Evaluation Services HERQuLES, Abt Bio Pharma Solutions, Inc, Lexington, MA 02451, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 25:1763-73. 2009
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- Predictors of pain medication selection among patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia
Luke Boulanger
United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Pain Pract 12:266-75. 2012
..However, the factors associated with each treatment initiation have not been well established. This study assessed factors that were associated with the use of duloxetine vs. other pain medications among patients with fibromyalgia...
- Opioid utilization and health-care costs among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain treated with duloxetine vs. other therapies
Ning Wu
Health Economic Research and Quality of Life Evaluation, Abt Bio Pharma Solutions, Inc, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Pain Pract 11:48-56. 2011
..This retrospective cohort study assessed subsequent opioid utilization and health-care costs among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP) who initiated duloxetine vs. other standard of care (SOC) treatments...
- Caregiver assistance among Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation and factors associated with anticoagulant treatment
Shih Yin Chen
United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 10:273-83. 2012
..Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and disproportionately affects the elderly...
- Medical resource use and costs related to central precocious puberty: a retrospective cohort study
Shih Yin Chen
United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, Massachusetts 02420, USA
Endocr Pract 18:519-28. 2012
..To evaluate the economic burden of central precocious puberty (CPP) by examining direct health care resource utilization and costs...
- The economic burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a U.S. Medicare population
Joseph Menzin
Boston Health Economics, Inc, 20 Fox Road, Waltham, MA 02451, USA
Respir Med 102:1248-56. 2008
..Although the economic burden of COPD has gained attention in recent years, data on the costs of COPD among U.S. Medicare beneficiaries are lacking...
- Evaluation of cardiovascular morbidity associated with adherence to atorvastatin therapy
Dale A Rublee
Pfizer, Inc, New York, NY 10017, USA
Am J Ther 19:24-32. 2012
..82). Atorvastatin discontinuation rates were high 1 year after treatment initiation. Patients who adhered to atorvastatin treatment were at lower CV risk. Quality-of-care interventions should target improvements to therapy persistence...
- Assessing achievement and maintenance of glycemic control by patients initiating basal insulin
Ning Wu
United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 28:1647-56. 2012
..Describe characteristics of diabetic patients who initiated basal insulin and assess their glycemic control...
- Clinical and economic outcomes among hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndrome: an analysis of a national representative Medicare population
Shih Yin Chen
United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA
Clinicoecon Outcomes Res 5:181-8. 2013
..To evaluate the clinical and economic burden of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), a common cardiovascular illness, in the Medicare population...
- Clinical and economic outcomes associated with National Kidney Foundation guideline-concordant oral antidiabetic drug treatment among type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease
Shih Yin Chen
United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA
Curr Med Res Opin 28:493-501. 2012
..To assess outcomes associated with oral anti-diabetic drug (OAD) treatment concordant with guidelines from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)...
- The relationship between average daily dose, medication adherence, and health-care costs among diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain patients initiated on duloxetine therapy
Shih Yin Chen
Health Economic Research and Quality of Life Evaluation, Abt Bio Pharma Solutions, Inc, Lexington, Massachusetts 02451, USA
Pain Pract 10:530-9. 2010
..To examine the relationship between average daily dose (ADD) of duloxetine, adherence to therapy, and health-care costs among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain (DPNP)...
- Cost analysis of amlodipine versus enalapril in patients with coronary artery disease and normal blood pressure: findings from the CAMELOT economic substudy
Joseph Menzin
Boston Health Economics, Inc, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Appl Health Econ Health Policy 6:157-62. 2008
..To analyse 2-year hospitalization and cost data collected during a prospective, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial comparing amlodipine, enalapril and placebo in normotensive patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)...
- Antiepileptic drug treatment patterns and economic burden of commercially-insured patients with refractory epilepsy with partial onset seizures in the United States
Shih Yin Chen
United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA
J Med Econ 16:240-8. 2013
..Conclusions: Pattern of use was very dynamic, suggesting seizures are not well-controlled. Improving seizure control and reducing economic burden of refractory epilepsy remain important unmet medical needs in this population...
- Factors associated with adherence to phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension
Aaron Waxman
Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
J Med Econ 16:298-306. 2013
..The findings suggest that adherence to PDE5Is in patients with PAH is associated with the use of specialty pharmacy, simpler dosing frequency, a lower financial barrier, and a prescription given by pulmonologists...
- Myocardial perfusion imaging laboratory efficiency with the use of regadenoson compared to adenosine and dipyridamole
Michelle Friedman
United BioSource Corporation, Lexington, MA, USA
J Med Econ 16:449-60. 2013
..This study assesses the operational advantages and laboratory efficiency associated with the use of regadenoson compared to adenosine and dipyridamole...
Excess mortality, length of stay, and costs associated with serious hemorrhage among trauma patients: findings from the National Trauma Data BankLuke Boulanger
Boston Health Economics, Inc, Waltham, MA 02451, USA
Am Surg 73:1269-74. 2007
..05). In both blunt and penetrating trauma cases, serious hemorrhage is significantly associated with excess mortality, longer hospital stays, and higher costs...
