Jennifer Haas

..Conclusions: Automated phone pharmacovigilance provides important information about adherence, and was associated with greater EMR-documented medication cessation and planned service use...

..While the US FDA maintains a voluntary reporting system, postmarketing adverse drug events (ADEs) are underreported, and this case report-based system does not allow accurate determination of incidence...

..To characterize the changes in health status experienced by a multi-ethnic cohort of women during and after pregnancy...

..Generic substitution is one mechanism of curtailing prescription drug expenditures. Limited information is available about the potential savings associated with generic substitution...

..The news media facilitated the rapid dissemination of the findings from the estrogen plus progestin therapy arm of the Women's Health Initiative (EPT-WHI)...

..Many women experience a breast lump. Clinical guidelines suggest that a normal mammogram result alone is not adequate to exclude a diagnosis of cancer...

..This study examined characteristics associated with perception of breast cancer risk among women at average and increased risk...

..Disparities in cancer survival may be related to differences in stage. Segregation may be associated with disparities in stage, particularly for cancers for which screening promotes survival...

..Differential coverage by lay newspapers may have contributed to the differential impact...

..Although hospice care can alleviate suffering at the end of life for patients with cancer, it remains underutilized, particularly by African Americans and Hispanics...

..However, another possible influence, the effect of regional differences in physicians' beliefs and recommendations on screening use, has not been assessed...

..Questions have existed as to whether residential segregation is a mediator of racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer care and breast cancer mortality, or has a differential effect by race/ethnicity...

..Limited capacity for endoscopy in areas in which African Americans and Hispanics live may be a reason for persistent disparities in colorectal cancer (CRC) screening and stage at diagnosis...

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..Disparities in treatment and mortality for colorectal cancer (CRC) may reflect differences in access to specialized care or other characteristics of the area where an individual lives...

..While GEP testing was associated with an overall decrease in adjuvant chemotherapy, we did not find differences in serious chemotherapy-associated adverse events or charges during the 12 months following diagnosis...

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..Despite extensive evaluation, our understanding of risk factors for premature delivery is incomplete...

..To investigate how physicians tailor their recommendations for breast cancer prevention and risk reduction...

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..Consumer concerns about the restrictions of managed care may lead to distrust...

..We examined the effect of race, socioeconomic status, and health insurance status on the prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents...

..The recent publication of clinical trial results has led to a dramatic shift in the evidence about postmenopausal hormone therapy...

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..Our objective was to examine whether gatekeeper requirements are associated with the utilization of cancer screening for breast, cervical, and prostate cancer...

..Latinos experience substantial barriers to primary care. Limited English language proficiency may be a mechanism for these deficiencies, even for Latinos with health coverage...

..A major health priority is to increase colorectal cancer screening, and colonoscopy has become an increasingly important method of screening. The Medicare program began coverage for colonoscopy for average risk individuals in 2001...

..To examine changes in health status among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH)...

..Because of significant racial/ethnic disparities in the control of many chronic diseases, differences in the rates of and reasons for medication nonadherence should be studied...

..We investigated factors associated with new-patient appointment availability of primary care physicians in the San Francisco Bay Area...

..CONCLUSIONS: Addressing depressive symptoms experienced by women both during and after pregnancy may improve the duration of breastfeeding...

..With recent advances in breast cancer risk reduction practices, it is increasingly important to assess both the breadth of and disparities in use across different racial/ethnic groups...

..Little is known about the incorporation of breast cancer risk reduction therapies into clinical practice...

..Results reveal important directions for future physician-based interventions to improve counseling...

..To assess whether the specialty of a patient's primary care physician or being part of a gatekeeper plan influence breast and cervical cancer screening...

..Despite the broad implementation of managed care, there is little information that specifically addresses how this type of coverage may affect ethnic disparities...

..Obesity is associated with only modest decreases in satisfaction scores with the most recent visit, which were explained largely by higher illness burden among obese patients...

..Neither the level of competition between area HMOs nor area PPO market share is associated with screening rates. CONCLUSIONS: Area-level managed care activity can influence preventive care treatment patterns...

..Few race/ethnic differences were found in physical functioning. Our results contribute to a small literature on how SES might interact with race/ethnicity in explaining health...

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..Clinician's knowledge of a woman's cancer family history (CFH) and counseling about health-related behaviors (HRB) is necessary for appropriate breast cancer care...

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..To identify the communication factors that are significantly associated with appropriate short-term follow-up of abnormal mammograms...

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..CONCLUSIONS: Report cards that emphasize only one domain of quality or use limited data collection methods may provide incomplete or inconsistent information to health care consumers about the overall quality of an outpatient clinic...

..We developed and implemented a generalizable, scalable EHR-based system to automatically send electronic ADE reports to the FDA in real-time...

..47, CI 0.26-0.86), Blacks (OR = 0.29, CI 0.11-0.78), and Latinas (OR = 0.51, CI 0.28-0.94). CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest minorities' participation in health behavior research does not match Whites' and should be enhanced...

..To study the relationships among prepregnancy body mass index (BMI), women's target gestational weight gain, and provider weight gain advice...

..Clearly, examining more nuanced outcomes is more informative about the role of race and ethnicity in why working people are uninsured...

..To compare prospectively and retrospectively defined benchmarks for the quality of end-of-life care, including a novel indicator for the use of opiate analgesia...

..To determine whether retail prices for prescription drugs are higher in poorer areas...

..Homelessness and hunger are associated with poor health outcomes. Housing instability and food insecurity describe less severe problems securing housing and food...

..This study seeks to determine factors associated with compliance with a PPV among low-income women in the population served by fourteen Healthy Start sites...

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..Prescription dispensing patterns may have important influences on adherence, therapeutic and preventive health outcomes, and costs. This study examined dispensing patterns for five drug classes commonly prescribed for chronic conditions...

..However, the government has an established mechanism for setting prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers for certain other federal programs--the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS)...

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..The presence of angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) on the formularies of Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDPs) is vitally important to the health of seniors who cannot tolerate angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors...

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..Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) testing to target trastuzumab for patients with breast cancer provides insights into the evidence needed for emerging testing technologies...

..CONCLUSION: Out-of-pocket costs and dispensing restrictions may be barriers to consistent use of OCPs. Women's health care providers should consider options to overcome these barriers, such as the use of mail order prescription services...

..The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences exist in the collection of family history information based on patient race...

..A comprehensive approach will be needed to address the improvement of drug safety. We propose improvements to the evidence base to increase drug safety and assess how new scientific evidence can be incorporated into drug safety efforts...

..Such interventions should begin from the premise that improved maternal and infant outcomes can only come from improved maternal health. ..

..The proposed study would provide empirical evidence that could give impetus to area-based interventions to reduce cancer disparities. ..

..Future Directions: Evaluate whether CEASCE can serve as a prototype for other common primary care problems that require counseling for behavior change. ..