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Pharmacist-initiated intervention trial in osteoarthritis: a multidisciplinary intervention for knee osteoarthritisCarlo A Marra
University of British Columbia and Providence Health Care Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 64:1837-45. 2012..Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a commonly undiagnosed condition and care is often not provided. Pharmacists are uniquely placed for launching a multidisciplinary intervention for knee OA...
Economic burden of asthma: a systematic reviewKatayoun Bahadori
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation C2E2, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
BMC Pulm Med 9:24. 2009..It is also associated with the loss of future potential earnings related to both morbidity and mortality. The objective of the study is to determine the burden of disease costs associated with asthma...
Introduction to economic modeling for clinical rheumatologists: application to biologic agents in rheumatoid arthritisCarlo A Marra
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2146 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada
Clin Rheumatol 30:S9-18. 2011..This paper attempts to explain the rationale for the use of economic modeling approaches to assess the value of biologics for RA using specific examples from the literature...
Approval process and access to prescription drugs in CanadaCarlo A Marra
University of British Columbia, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, 717-828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L8, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 55:9-11. 2006
Cost-effectiveness of a new interferon-based blood assay, QuantiFERON-TB Gold, in screening tuberculosis contactsF Marra
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:1414-24. 2008..Recent approval of interferon-gamma release assays that are more specific for Mycobacterium tuberculosis has given new options for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI)...
Responses to comments of weisNa Guo
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation CORE, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Health Qual Life Outcomes 8:6. 2010..ABSTRACT: A response to Weis and Pasipanodya 'Measuring health-related quality of life in tuberculosis: a systemic review - Response'...
Health-related quality of life trajectories among adults with tuberculosis: differences between latent and active infectionCarlo A Marra
Collaboration for Outcome Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmacetical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Chest 133:396-403. 2008..Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health threat with significant annual impacts on morbidity and mortality. However, few studies have examined the impact of active and latent TB infection (LTBI) on health-related quality of life (HRQL)...
Antibiotic use in children is associated with increased risk of asthmaFawziah Marra
University of British Columbia, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, 620 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pediatrics 123:1003-10. 2009..Antibiotic exposure in early childhood is a possible contributor to the increasing asthma prevalence in industrialized countries. Although a number of published studies have tested this hypothesis, the results have been conflicting...
Improving osteoarthritis detection in the community: pharmacist identification of new, diagnostically confirmed osteoarthritisCarlo A Marra
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, British Columbia, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 57:1238-44. 2007..Our objective was to determine if pharmacists, using a simple screening questionnaire, can identify individuals with previously undiagnosed knee OA...
After patients are diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis, what do they do?Kelly A Grindrod
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 62:510-5. 2010..To learn more about the health services and products that patients use after receiving a diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis (OA), as well as the trajectory of their health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...
Are indirect utility measures reliable and responsive in rheumatoid arthritis patients?Carlo A Marra
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Qual Life Res 14:1333-44. 2005..Therefore, we examined the reliability and responsiveness of these measures and the Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality of Life (RAQoL) and the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) in a sample of RA patients...
Cost-effectiveness of LTBI treatment for TB contacts in British ColumbiaMichael C Tan
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Value Health 11:842-52. 2008..Knowing the cost-effectiveness of LTBI therapy for specific TB contact subpopulations may improve the use of limited resources by reducing the treatment of persons at low TB risk...
A comparison of generic, indirect utility measures (the HUI2, HUI3, SF-6D, and the EQ-5D) and disease-specific instruments (the RAQoL and the HAQ) in rheumatoid arthritisCarlo A Marra
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, 717 828 West 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Soc Sci Med 60:1571-82. 2005..We conclude that the all of the preference-based utility measures that were evaluated appear to adequately discriminate across levels of RA severity...
The validity of generic and condition-specific preference-based instruments: the ability to discriminate asthma control statusHelen M McTaggart-Cowan
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, 7th Floor, 828 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5Z 1L8
Qual Life Res 17:453-62. 2008..The objective of this study was to evaluate the validity of generic and condition-specific preference-based instruments, in terms of their ability to distinguish asthma control...
Short-term influence of adalimumab on work productivity outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritisWei Zhang
Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Rheumatol 35:1729-36. 2008..To evaluate the shortterm effect of adalimumab on work productivity in patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA)...
Risk of gastrointestinal events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after withdrawal of rofecoxibCarlo A Marra
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia UBC, Vancouver, Canada
J Rheumatol 39:910-5. 2012..To examine the incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after the removal of rofecoxib from the market...
Do visual analogue scale (VAS) derived standard gamble (SG) utilities agree with Health Utilities Index utilities? A comparison of patient and community preferences for health status in rheumatoid arthritis patientsAmir Adel Rashidi
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada
Health Qual Life Outcomes 4:25. 2006..The objective of this study is to assess the agreement between community preferences derived from the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 (HUI2) and Mark 3 (HUI3) systems, and patient preferences...
Health state utilities in latent and active tuberculosisNa Guo
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Value Health 11:1154-61. 2008..Numerous cost-effectiveness analyses of TB screening and treatment strategies have been recently published, but none have utilized quality-adjusted life-years as recommended because of the lack of utilities for TB health states...
Health economic evaluation: a primer for the practicing rheumatologistMichael C Y Tan
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 55:648-56. 2006
Evaluating societal preferences for human papillomavirus vaccine and cervical smear test screening programmeBridgette Oteng
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2146 East Mall, Vancouver V5Z163, British Columbia, Canada
Sex Transm Infect 87:52-7. 2011..Public preferences for HPV vaccines and smear test screening were determined using a discrete choice experiment...
Antibiotic consumption in children prior to diagnosis of asthmaFawziah Marra
University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
BMC Pulm Med 11:32. 2011..Asthma is difficult to diagnose in children and at times misdiagnosis of an infection can occur. However, little is known about the magnitude and patterns of antibiotic consumption in children with asthma relative to those without asthma...
Measuring health-related quality of life in tuberculosis: a systematic reviewNa Guo
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Health Qual Life Outcomes 7:14. 2009..The objectives of this study were to better understand the impact of tuberculosis and its treatment on people's quality of life, and to review quality of life instruments used in current tuberculosis research...
Effects of prescription adaptation by pharmacistsMichael R Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, 201 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 10:313. 2010..We hypothesize this policy increased drug utilization and drug costs, increased patient adherence to medication, and reduced total healthcare resource use...
Cost-effectiveness of oral appliances in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoeaMohsen Sadatsafavi
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
Sleep Breath 13:241-52. 2009..Oral appliances (OA) are commonly prescribed for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea (OSAH), but there is limited evidence on their cost-effectiveness...
Cost-effectiveness of self-managed versus physician-managed oral anticoagulation therapyDean A Regier
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
CMAJ 174:1847-52. 2006..INTERPRETATION: This model suggests that self-management is a cost-effective strategy for those receiving long-term oral anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation or for a mechanical heart valve...
When patients have to pay a share of drug costs: effects on frequency of physician visits, hospital admissions and filling of prescriptionsAslam H Anis
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
CMAJ 173:1335-40. 2005..We investigated the effect of prescription drug cost-sharing on overall health care utilization among elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis...
The economic impact of obstructive sleep apneaNayef AlGhanim
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, and Respiratory Division, Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada
Lung 186:7-12. 2008..Governments, transportation agencies, industry, and insurance companies need to be better informed concerning the economic impact of untreated OSA and the benefits of therapy...
Patient preference for latent tuberculosis infection preventive treatment: a discrete choice experimentNa Guo
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Value Health 14:937-43. 2011..To quantify patient preferences when making decisions as to whether to accept latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) preventive treatment, using a discrete choice experiment (DCE)...
Meta-analysis of the impact of 9 medication classes on falls in elderly personsJohn C Woolcott
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, BC, Canada
Arch Intern Med 169:1952-60. 2009..Our objective was to update a previously completed meta-analysis looking at the association of medication use and falling to include relevant drug classes and new studies that have been completed since a previous meta-analysis...
Economic and humanistic burden of external genital wartsAdam J N Raymakers
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pharmacoeconomics 30:1-16. 2012..Our study also highlights the dearth of information on the impact of EGW on the QOL and productivity of patients...
Physical activity as a mediator of the impact of chronic conditions on quality of life in older adultsRichard Sawatzky
Nursing Department, Trinity Western University, 7600 Langley, British Columbia, V2Y 1Y1, Canada
Health Qual Life Outcomes 5:68. 2007..We examined whether physical activity mediates the relationship between different chronic conditions and several health outcomes that are important to the quality of life of older adults...
Pharmacists' preferences for providing patient-centered services: a discrete choice experiment to guide health policyKelly A Grindrod
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 44:1554-64. 2010..In Canada, most pharmacists are not paid to provide patient-centered services. In other areas of the world these services have suffered from poor adoption by pharmacists...
Factors influencing quality of life in patients with active tuberculosisCarlo A Marra
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Health Qual Life Outcomes 2:58. 2004..The objective of our study was to identify areas of QoL that are affected by active TB using focus groups and individual interviews...
A comparison of four indirect methods of assessing utility values in rheumatoid arthritisCarlo A Marra
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Med Care 42:1125-31. 2004..Agreement among the instruments was moderate but poorer at lower utilities. It is unlikely that these utility values, if used as the weightings for quality-adjusted life years, would result in comparable estimates...
Cost-effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure therapy for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea/hypopneaNajib T Ayas
Department of Medicine and Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Arch Intern Med 166:977-84. 2006..CONCLUSION: When quality of life, costs of therapy, and MVC outcomes are considered, CPAP therapy for patients with OSAH is economically attractive...
Barriers to integrating personalized medicine into clinical practice: a best-worst scaling choice experimentMehdi Najafzadeh
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genet Med 14:520-6. 2012..The objective of this study was to elicit the preferences of physicians about regarding applying personalized medicine in their clinical practice as these strategies become available...
Falls-related self-efficacy is independently associated with quality-adjusted life years in older womenJennifer C Davis
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Age Ageing 40:340-6. 2011..Our primary objective was to determine whether falls-related self-efficacy is independently associated HRQL, measured by quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), in older women after accounting for known covariates...
Cost effectiveness of herpes zoster vaccine in CanadaMehdi Najafzadeh
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation CORE, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Pharmacoeconomics 27:991-1004. 2009..The lifetime risk of HZ is about 20-30% and the incidence increases with age. The protective effect of the HZ vaccine has been shown in a large clinical trial; however, the effectiveness of the vaccine decreased with age of vaccination...
The economics of treatment in early rheumatoid arthritisNick Bansback
Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul s Hospital, BC, Canada
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 23:83-92. 2009..With many services competing to spend often limited health-care budgets, information on the relative benefits and costs of new approaches for treating RA can be useful in deciding on efficient allocation and treatment decisions...
Does antibiotic exposure during infancy lead to development of asthma?: a systematic review and metaanalysisFawziah Marra
Health Economics Program, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of BC, 828 W Tenth Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1L8 Canada
Chest 129:610-8. 2006..To determine the association between antibiotic exposure in the first year of life and the development of childhood asthma...
Levofloxacin treatment of active tuberculosis and the risk of adverse eventsFawziah Marra
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Chest 128:1406-13. 2005..Despite increasing use of these agents, there is little information on their tolerance outside of clinical trial settings...
Agreement between aggregate and individual-level measures of income and education: a comparison across three patient groupsCarlo A Marra
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 11:69. 2011..The purpose of this study was to determine the level of agreement between aggregate-level and individual-level measures of income and education among three distinct patient groups, specifically asthma, diabetes, and rheumatoid patients...
Patterns of use and patients' attitudes toward complementary medications: a survey of adult general medicine patients at a major Canadian teaching hospitalTroy Frederick Cook
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Can J Clin Pharmacol 9:183-9. 2002....
Practical pharmacogenetics: the cost effectiveness of screening for thiopurine s-methyltransferase polymorphisms in patients with rheumatological conditions treated with azathioprineCarlo A Marra
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
J Rheumatol 29:2507-12. 2002..CONCLUSION: The introduction of PCR testing to identify TPMT polymorphisms prior to AZA treatment may represent good value in certain health care settings...
A quantitative evaluation of the regulatory assessment of the benefits and risks of rofecoxib relative to naproxen: an application of the incremental net-benefit frameworkLarry D Lynd
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:1172-80. 2010....
Abatacept: a novel treatment for moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritisJennifer Reynolds
Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Pharmacotherapy 27:1693-701. 2007..However, additional clinical trials evaluating its long-term effect on patient safety and disease outcomes are needed...
The independent contribution of executive functions to health related quality of life in older womenJennifer C Davis
Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute VCHRI, 301 2647 Willow Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 3P1, Canada
BMC Geriatr 10:16. 2010..We calculated QALYs from the EQ-5D administered at baseline, 6 months and 12 months...
Does physical activity reduce seniors' need for healthcare?: a study of 24 281 CanadiansJohn C Woolcott
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Br J Sports Med 44:902-4. 2010..Physical inactivity has been associated with significant increases in disease morbidity and mortality. This study assessed the association between physical activity and (1) health resource use and (2) health resource use costs...
A statistical method was used for the meta-analysis of tests for latent TB in the absence of a gold standard, combining random-effect and latent-class methods to estimate test accuracyMohsen Sadatsafavi
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 63:257-69. 2010..However, statistical methods can be used to estimate the accuracy from the studies reporting the concordance among the tests...
Is surgical fixation for stress-positive unstable ankle fractures cost effective? Results of a multicenter randomized control trialGerard P Slobogean
Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
J Orthop Trauma 26:652-8. 2012..We sought to determine the cost-effectiveness of ORIF compared with nonoperative management of these isolated lateral malleolar fractures...
The issue of comparators in economic evaluations of biologic response modifiers in rheumatoid arthritisNicole W Tsao
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 26:659-76. 2012..This article reviews three key areas where changes to the treatment paradigm challenges findings of existing economic evaluations...
Trends in asthma-related direct medical costs from 2002 to 2007 in British Columbia, Canada: a population based-cohort studyPierrick Bedouch
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
PLoS ONE 7:e50949. 2012..The objective of this work was to analyze direct asthma-related medical costs, and trends in total and per-patient costs of hospitalizations, physician visits, and medications...
Infliximab treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's diseaseIbrahim K Nahar
Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 37:1256-65. 2003....
Sustained economic benefits of resistance training in community-dwelling senior womenJennifer C Davis
Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:1232-7. 2011..To determine whether the health and cost benefits of resistance training were sustained 12 months after formal cessation of the intervention...
The cost effectiveness of human papillomavirus vaccines: a systematic reviewKatherine Seto
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Drugs 72:715-43. 2012..However, given the new indications for use of the vaccine in males, decision makers require information on the cost effectiveness of vaccinating males in order to make policy decisions on whether or not to fund such programmes...
A case for rimantadine to be marketed in Canada for prophylaxis of influenza A virus infectionFawziah Marra
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia and British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada
Can Respir J 10:381-8. 2003..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of amantadine and rimantadine, the first generation antivirals, for the prophylaxis of influenza virus...
Quality-of-life assessment in an outpatient parenteral antibiotic programAlan F Goodfellow
Pharmaceutical Sciences Clinical Service Unit, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, British Columbia, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 36:1851-5. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: This study reveals that some domains in HRQoL appear to improve 4 weeks after discharge for adults enrolled in an OPAT program and that there are different predictors for changes in physical and mental health...
Cost-effectiveness of the addition of rituximab to CHOP chemotherapy in first-line treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in a population-based observational cohort in British Columbia, CanadaKarissa M Johnston
Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control ARCC, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Value Health 13:703-11. 2010..Recently, the addition of rituximab to CHOP (CHOP-R) has been found to improve survival and trial-based results have suggested that it is a cost-effective alternative to CHOP...
Randomized controlled trial evaluating pictogram augmentation of HIV medication informationKyle Wilby
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 45:1378-83. 2011..The use of pictograms on medication vials as a means of improving patients' understanding of medication information has been shown to positively influence understanding and adherence compared to those using text alone...
Parental perceived value of a diagnosis for intellectual disability (ID): a qualitative comparison of families with and without a diagnosis for their child's IDNancy L Makela
Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation CORE, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Am J Med Genet A 149:2393-402. 2009..Surprisingly, between the two groups there were no differences in the parents' perceptions or experiences related to the presence or absence of an etiological diagnosis for their child's ID...
Influence of standardized orders on postoperative nausea and vomiting after gynecologic surgeryEdith St Pierre
Clinical Services Unit, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver General Hospital Site, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Ann Pharmacother 36:210-7. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: The implementation of preprinted order forms for PONV prophylaxis and treatment appears to be an effective and economically attractive strategy...
An overview of economic evaluations for drugs used in rheumatoid arthritis : focus on tumour necrosis factor-alpha antagonistsNick J Bansback
Health Economics and Decision Science, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
Drugs 65:473-96. 2005....
Evaluating health-related quality-of-life studies in paediatric populations: some conceptual, methodological and developmental considerations and recent applicationsMirella De Civita
Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada
Pharmacoeconomics 23:659-85. 2005..In addition, many of the concerns in the development of HR-QOL instruments should also be applied to the utility scales such that they reflect adequately children's preferences for health states...
Evolution of clinical pharmacy in the practice of rheumatologyAyana K Rowley
Department of Pharmacy, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Ann Pharmacother 41:1705-7. 2007
Willingness to pay to assess patient preferences for therapy in a Canadian settingCarlo A Marra
Pharmaceutical Sciences Clinical Service Unit, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 5:43. 2005..The purpose of this study was to elicit treatment location preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) from patients referred to an OPAT program...
