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Adherence with tobramycin inhaled solution and health care utilizationBecky A Briesacher
University of Massachusetts Medical School and Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
BMC Pulm Med 11:5. 2011..Adherence with tobramycin inhalation solution (TIS) during routine cystic fibrosis (CF) care may differ from recommended guidelines and affect health care utilization...- Adherence with urate-lowering therapies for the treatment of goutLeslie R Harrold
Department of Medicine, The Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R46. 2009..Adherence to urate-lowering drugs (ULDs) has not been well evaluated among those with gout. Our aim was to assess the level and determinants of non-adherence with ULDs prescribed for gout... - A new measure of medication affordabilityBecky Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Soc Work Public Health 24:600-12. 2009..There is no great reservoir of discretionary funds to pay for increases in cost-sharing under Medicaid and Medicare Part D... - New-user persistence with antihypertensives and prescription drug cost-sharingBecky A Briesacher
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:831-6. 2007..05) in 4 of 5 antihypertensive drug classes compared with less generous drug coverage, controlling for the other measures. Less generous drug coverage is a risk factor for poor persistence among most new antihypertensive users... - Comparison of drug adherence rates among patients with seven different medical conditionsBecky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Pharmacotherapy 28:437-43. 2008..To compare drug adherence rates among patients with gout, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, hypothyroidism, osteoporosis, seizure disorders, and type 2 diabetes mellitus by using a standardized approach... - Medicare part D's exclusion of benzodiazepines and fracture risk in nursing homesBecky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 377 Plantation St, Biotech Four, Ste 315, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:693-8. 2010..Medicare Part D excludes benzodiazepine medications from coverage, and some state Medicaid programs also limit coverage. We assessed whether such policies decrease the risk of fractures in elderly individuals living in nursing homes... - Adoption of once-monthly oral bisphosphonates and the impact on adherenceBecky A Briesacher
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Meyers Primary Care Institute, and Fallon Clinic, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Am J Med 123:275-80. 2010..The extent of the adoption of once-monthly bisphosphonates into general clinical practice is not known, nor is it known if the novel formulation improves adherence... - Pay-for-performance in nursing homesBecky A Briesacher
University of Massachusetts Medical School and Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 30:1-13. 2009..The programs were mostly short-lived, varied considerably in the choice of performance measures and pay incentives, and evaluations of the impact were rare... - Medication adherence and use of generic drug therapiesBecky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:450-6. 2009..To assess whether lower copayments charged for generic drugs explain the improved drug adherence associated with use of generics... - Nursing home residents and enrollment in Medicare Part DBecky A Briesacher
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1902-7. 2009..To assess the impact of Medicare Part D in the nursing home (NH) setting... - Consequences of poor compliance with bisphosphonatesBecky A Briesacher
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Biotech Four, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Bone 41:882-7. 2007..This study was undertaken to assess rates of osteoporotic fractures and health care utilization as a function of bisphosphonate compliance in usual clinical practice... - Patients at-risk for cost-related medication nonadherence: a review of the literatureBecky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Biotech Four, Suite 315, 377 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:864-71. 2007..This review examined the empirical literature to identify patient-, medication-, and provider-level factors that influence the relationship between medication adherence and medication costs... - Out-of-pocket burden of health care spending and the adequacy of the Medicare Part D low-income subsidyBecky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 377 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Med Care 48:503-9. 2010..Evaluating the adequacy of Medicare prescription drug program (Part D) and its low-income subsidy (LIS) requires a comprehensive understanding of drug spending in relation to household resources... - Adherence and occurrence of fractures after switching to once-monthly oral bisphophonatesBecky A Briesacher
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Fallon Clinic and the Fallon Community Health Plan Worcester, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:1233-40. 2010..The study aim is to test whether switching from once-weekly BPs to once-monthly BPs improves adherence and fracture risk... - Medical care costs of Paget's disease of bone in a privately insured populationBecky A Briesacher
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Biotech Four, Suite 315, 377 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
Bone 38:731-7. 2006..Medical care costs are difficult to calculate in diseases such as Paget's disease because they have low detection rates and a wide range of clinical manifestations that commonly occur in aging patient populations... - Nationwide trends in the medical care costs of privately insured patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), 2001-2007Becky A Briesacher
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatr Pulmonol 46:770-6. 2011..However, few studies have examined the economic impact of these medical advances on costs, and none have examined these costs longitudinally... - Three-tiered-copayment drug coverage and use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugsBecky Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01605, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:1679-84. 2004..This study was designed to determine whether 3-tier formularies influence the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in a population of patients with arthritis... - Medicare part D and changes in prescription drug use and cost burden: national estimates for the Medicare population, 2000 to 2007Becky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School and Meyers Primary Care, Worcester, Boston, MA, USA
Med Care 49:834-41. 2011..The full effect of Medicare Part D, after the initial policy transition period and across the United States Medicare population, remains unclear... - The quality of antipsychotic drug prescribing in nursing homesBecky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01605, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1280-5. 2005.... - Evaluation of nationally mandated drug use reviews to improve patient safety in nursing homes: a natural experimentBecky Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:991-6. 2005..To test whether nationally required drug use reviews reduce exposure to inappropriate medications in nursing homes... - The dynamics of chronic gout treatment: medication gaps and return to therapyLeslie R Harrold
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Mass, USA
Am J Med 123:54-9. 2010..To identify gaps in therapy with urate-lowering drugs for the treatment of gout as well as factors associated with resuming therapy... - Adverse drug events resulting from patient errors in older adultsTerry S Field
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:271-6. 2007..To characterize the types of patient-related errors that lead to adverse drug events (ADEs) and identify patients at high risk of such errors... - Self-reported colorectal cancer screening of Medicare beneficiaries in family medicine vs. internal medicine practices in the United States: a cross-sectional studyAngela Y Higgins
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts UMass Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
BMC Gastroenterol 12:23. 2012..This study compared self-reported CRC screening rates and patient awareness of the need for CRC screening of patients receiving care from family medicine (FPs) vs. internal medicine (internists) physicians... - Disparities in combination drug therapy use in older adults with coronary heart disease: a cross-sectional time-series in a nationally representative US sampleJennifer Tjia
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
Drugs Aging 27:149-58. 2010..Despite evidence of effective combination drug therapy for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD), older adults with this condition remain undertreated... - Medication discrepancies upon hospital to skilled nursing facility transitionsJennifer Tjia
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 377 Plantation Street, Suite 315, Biotech Four, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
J Gen Intern Med 24:630-5. 2009..Failure to reconcile medications across transitions in care is an important source of harm to patients. Little is known about medication discrepancies upon admission to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)... - Prescription drug benefits and use of guideline recommended medications by elderly Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes mellitusJennifer Tjia
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1879-86. 2008..To determine whether prescription drug benefits are associated with the use of guideline recommended medications by older persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)... - Medicare beneficiaries and free prescription drug samples: a national surveyJennifer Tjia
Meyers Primary Care Institute, Fallon Clinic Foundation, Worcester, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:709-14. 2008..Little is known about the prevalence of patient activity in requesting or receiving free prescription drug samples, or the characteristics of patients who access drug samples... - Unexplained variation across US nursing homes in antipsychotic prescribing ratesYong Chen
Meyers Primary Care Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01605, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:89-95. 2010..We assessed the extent to which resident clinical characteristics and institutional prescribing practice were associated with antipsychotic prescribing... - Medicare beneficiaries and the impact of gaining prescription drug coverage on inpatient and physician spendingBecky A Briesacher
Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worchester, MA 01605, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1279-96. 2005..This does not necessarily mean that drug therapy does not substitute for or complement other medical treatments, but rather that neither effect predominates across the Medicare population as a whole... - National estimates of medication use in nursing homes: findings from the 1997 medicare current beneficiary survey and the 1996 medical expenditure surveyJalpa A Doshi
School of Medicine, Universityof Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:438-43. 2005..To provide the first nationwide estimates of medication use in nursing homes (NHs) and to introduce a new data set for examining drug use in long-term care facilities... - Riding the rollercoaster: the ups and downs in out-of-pocket spending under the standard Medicare drug benefitBruce Stuart
University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:1022-31. 2005..Because drug spending is highly persistent over time, beneficiaries who experience the biggest gaps in coverage are likely to do so year after year, with potentially serious financial consequences... - Impact of second-generation antipsychotics on the use of antiparkinson agents in nursing homes and assisted-living facilitiesJuliette Taylor Touré
Health Services Research and Management Group, BearingPoint, Inc, McLean, Virginia, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 4:25-35. 2006..It is not known whether the reduced risk of motor adverse effects with second-generation antipsychotics (SGAPs) translates into less use of antiparkinson drugs (APDs)... - Exploring racial and ethnic disparities in prescription drug spending and use among Medicare beneficiariesDarrell J Gaskin
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 4:96-111. 2006..Little is known about why minority Medicare beneficiaries spend less on and use fewer prescription drugs than white Medicare beneficiaries... - Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part DJeanne M Madden
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
JAMA 299:1922-8. 2008..Cost-related medication nonadherence (CRN) has been a persistent problem for individuals who are elderly and disabled in the United States. The impact of Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) on CRN is unknown... - Propoxyphene use by community-dwelling and institutionalized elderly Medicare beneficiariesSachin J Kamal-Bahl
University of Maryland Baltimore, School of Pharmacy, Maryland 21201, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:1099-104. 2003....