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One-Year Adherence to Warfarin Treatment for Venous Thromboembolism in High-Risk Patients and Its Association with Long-term Risk of Recurrent EventsShih Yin Chen
United BioSource Corporation, 430 Bedford St, Ste 300, Lexington, MA 02420, US
J Manag Care Pharm 19:291-301. 2013..Objective: To examine the association between 1-year adherence, measured through compliance with and persistence on warfarin treatment for VTE, and long-term risk of recurrent events among patients at high risk. ..
Clinical and economic outcomes associated with National Kidney Foundation guideline-concordant oral antidiabetic drug treatment among type 2 diabetes patients with chronic kidney diseaseShih 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)...
National trends in prescribing antidepressants before and after an FDA advisory on suicidality risk in youthsShih Yin Chen
United BioSource Corporation, 430 Bedford St, Lexington, MA 02420, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:727-33. 2011..S. Food and Drug Administration advisory linking an increased risk of suicidality with antidepressants among pediatric patients with major depressive disorder...
Opioid utilization and health-care costs among patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain treated with duloxetine vs. other therapiesNing 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...
Predictors of pain medication selection among patients diagnosed with fibromyalgiaLuke 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...
Caregiver assistance among Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation and factors associated with anticoagulant treatmentShih 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 studyShih 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...
Clinical and economic outcomes among hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndrome: an analysis of a national representative Medicare populationShih 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...
Antiepileptic drug treatment patterns and economic burden of commercially-insured patients with refractory epilepsy with partial onset seizures in the United StatesShih 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 hypertensionAaron 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...
Guideline-concordant antidepressant use among patients with major depressive disorderShih Yin Chen
Abt Bio Pharma Solutions, Inc, Lexington, MA 02421, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 32:360-7. 2010..To examine whether prescriber specialty and guideline-concordant follow-up visits were associated with antidepressant treatment completion among patients with major depressive disorder (MDD)...
The relationship between average daily dose, medication adherence, and health-care costs among diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain patients initiated on duloxetine therapyShih 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)...
