Mental disorders and medical care utilization of VA ambulatory care patients: the veterans health studyCheryl S Hankin
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research CHQOER, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 29:51-60. 2006
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Adverse events involving intravenous patient-controlled analgesiaCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon, LLC, Moss Beach, CA 94038, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 64:1492-9. 2007
..v. patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) postoperative use during a two-year index period...
Allergy immunotherapy among Medicaid-enrolled children with allergic rhinitis: patterns of care, resource use, and costsCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon, LLC, PO Box 129, Moss Beach, CA 94038, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 121:227-32. 2008
..Although research demonstrates that allergy immunotherapy (IT) improves allergic rhinitis (AR) outcomes, little is known about IT patterns of care and associated resource use and costs among US children with diagnoses of AR...
Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder vs depression have comparable health care costs: a retrospective claims analysis of Florida Medicaid enrolleesCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon, LLC, Moss Beach, CA, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 23:285-96. 2011
..The health care burden of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is relatively unknown...
Allergen immunotherapy and health care cost benefits for children with allergic rhinitis: a large-scale, retrospective, matched cohort studyCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon LLC, Moss Beach, California 94038, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 104:79-85. 2010
..Children with allergic rhinitis (AR) often experience significant impairment in quality of life and health, which increases health care utilization...
Medical costs and adherence in patients receiving aqueous versus pressurized aerosol formulations of intranasal corticosteroidsCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon, Moss Beach, California, USA
Allergy Asthma Proc 33:258-64. 2012
..Our findings suggest patient preferences for INS sensory attributes can drive adherence and affect disease control, and ultimately impact health care costs...
Allergy immunotherapy: Reduced health care costs in adults and children with allergic rhinitisCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon, LLC, Moss Beach, Calif Electronic address
J Allergy Clin Immunol 131:1084-91. 2013
..Research demonstrates significant health care cost savings conferred by allergen-specific immunotherapy (AIT) to US children with allergic rhinitis (AR)...
Posttraumatic stress disorder and health status: the veterans health studyAvron Spiro
Normative Aging Study, Boston VA Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 29:71-86. 2006
..Mental health treatment alleviated some of this burden. The potential impact of PTSD on health status should be more widely recognized...
Clinical and cost efficacy of advanced wound care matrices for venous ulcersCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon, LLC, P O Box 129, Moss Beach, CA 94038 USA
J Manag Care Pharm 18:375-84. 2012
..However, comparisons of products' clinical and cost efficacy, which may guide clinical and formulary determinations, are lacking...
The health economics of allergen immunotherapyCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon, LLC, Moss Beach, PO Box, 129 Moss Beach, CA 94038, USA
Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 31:325-41, x. 2011
..A growing number of studies have evaluated the economic benefits of SIT in patients with AR and/or asthma. The authors critically examine each of these studies published from 1995 to present...
Agitation in the inpatient psychiatric setting: a review of clinical presentation, burden, and treatmentCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon, LLC, Moss Beach, CA 94038, USA
J Psychiatr Pract 17:170-85. 2011
..A treatment with these characteristics could substantially reduce the clinical and economic burden of agitation in the inpatient psychiatric setting...
Adequacy of pharmacotherapy among medicaid-enrolled patients newly diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorderCheryl S Hankin
BioMedEcon LLC, Moss Beach, CA, USA
CNS Spectr 14:695-703. 2009
..To determine the adequacy of pharmacotherapy received by patients with newly-diagnosed obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), based on current practice guidelines...
The illness burden of alcohol-related disorders among VA patients: the veterans health studyDorcas Mansell
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and Birmingham VAMC, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 29:61-70. 2006
..Efforts to increase detection and treatment of alcohol-related disorders may lessen the illness burden and cost of alcohol-related disorders...