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| Elizabeth ChrischillesSummaryAffiliation: University of Iowa Country: USA Publications
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Impact of age and colony-stimulating factor use on hospital length of stay for febrile neutropenia in CHOP-treated non-Hodgkin's lymphomaElizabeth Chrischilles
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Cancer Control 9:203-11. 2002..Several risk factors for FNH are known, but their relationship to length of stay (LOS), an indicator of the total burden of FNH, is unclear...- Effect of clinical characteristics on neutropenia-related inpatient costs among newly diagnosed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cases during first-course chemotherapyElizabeth A Chrischilles
Health Effectiveness Research Center, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, USA
Pharmacotherapy 25:668-75. 2005..To estimate the costs of hospitalization for neutropenia among chemotherapy-treated patients with newly diagnosed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and to assess baseline patient factors associated with these costs... - Factors associated with early termination of CHOP therapy and the impact on survival among patients with chemosensitive intermediate-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomaElizabeth A Chrischilles
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Cancer Control 10:396-403. 2003.... 
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the elderly: diffusion of treatment with rituximab and survival advances with and without anthracyclinesBrian K Link
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Leuk Lymphoma 52:994-1002. 2011..Patients treated with rituximab but not anthracyclines had comparable survival to those treated with anthracycline but not rituximab...- A longitudinal analysis of antihypertensive drug interactions in a Medicaid populationBarry L Carter
Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy S 511, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Am J Hypertens 17:421-7. 2004..Drug interactions are a frequent cause of adverse drug events. We evaluated whether the frequency of previously reported antihypertensive drug-drug interactions could be reduced by pharmaceutical case management... - Risk factors for adverse drug events in older adults with mobility limitations in the community settingElizabeth Chrischilles
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:29-34. 2007..To investigate risk factors for self-reported adverse drug events (ADEs) in a cohort of annually surveyed Iowa Medicare beneficiaries with mobility limitations... - Improved survival of follicular lymphoma patients in the United StatesWade T Swenson
Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplantation, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:5019-26. 2005..CONCLUSION: The survival of patients with FL in the United States has improved over the last 25 years. The survival improvement may be a result of the sequential application of effective therapies and improved supportive care... - Health-related quality of life in Gulf War era military personnelMargaret D Voelker
Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA
Am J Epidemiol 155:899-907. 2002..Further investigation of factors influencing postdeployment HRQL is needed. Routine collection of health information by using standardized instruments pre- and perideployment should be implemented... - Asthma prevalence and morbidity among rural Iowa schoolchildrenElizabeth Chrischilles
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 113:66-71. 2004..Unmeasured risk factors might account for the apparent protective effect in Keokuk County. These findings cast doubt on a protective effect of rural life for the development of childhood asthma... - Delivery of ipratropium and albuterol combination therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effectiveness of a two-in-one inhaler versus separate inhalersElizabeth Chrischilles
University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Am J Manag Care 8:902-11. 2002.... - The extent of potential antihypertensive drug interactions in a Medicaid populationBarry L Carter
Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Am J Hypertens 15:953-7. 2002..We evaluated the frequency of potential drug-drug interactions in patients receiving medications commonly used for hypertension... - A cluster randomized trial to evaluate physician/pharmacist collaboration to improve blood pressure controlBarry L Carter
Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 10:260-71. 2008..9; CI, 3.8-20.7; P<.001). Physician/pharmacist collaboration achieved significantly better mean BP values and overall BP control rates, primarily by intensification of medication therapy and improving patient adherence... - Population-based assessment of hospitalizations for neutropenia from chemotherapy in older adults with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (United States)Shari Chen-Hardee
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Cancer Causes Control 17:647-54. 2006..Valid inferences about age effects on chemotherapy toxicity require more clinical detail than is available in administrative data... 
Estimating the effect of treatment rate changes when treatment benefits are heterogeneous: antibiotics and otitis mediaTae Ryong Park
Health Research Consultant, Health Dialog Analytic Solutions, Portland, ME, USA
Value Health 11:304-14. 2008..Contrast methods to assess the health effects of a treatment rate change when treatment benefits are heterogeneous across patients. Antibiotic prescribing for children with otitis media (OM) in Iowa Medicaid is the empirical example...- Emergency department utilization patterns among older adultsFredric D Wolinsky
The Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:204-9. 2008..We identified 4-year (2 years before and 2 years after the index [baseline] interview) ED use patterns in older adults and the factors associated with them... - The role of pharmacy computer systems in preventing medication errorsElizabeth A Chrischilles
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) 42:439-48. 2002..To describe the controversies and review the evidence about computer-aided prospective drug utilization review (PDUR) systems... - Hospital episodes and physician visits: the concordance between self-reports and medicare claimsFredric D Wolinsky
Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Med Care 45:300-7. 2007..Health services use typically is examined using either self-reports or administrative data, but the concordance between the 2 is not well established... - An interpersonal continuity of care measure for Medicare Part B claims analysesFredric D Wolinsky
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:S160-8. 2007..This article presents an interpersonal continuity of care measure... - Linking clinical variables to health-related quality of life in Parkinson's diseaseElizabeth A Chrischilles
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 8:199-209. 2002..Identify the point-in-time relationship between Parkinson's disease (PD) signs and symptoms and measures of health-related quality of life (HRQL)... - The effect of physician characteristics and their practice environment on surgical referral patterns for early-stage breast cancer in IowaJessica A Davila
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Med Qual 19:266-73. 2004..Promoting interaction among physicians, particularly among those with different specialties, may increase the diffusion of new behaviors into clinical practice... - Asthma and farm exposures in a cohort of rural Iowa childrenJames A Merchant
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Environ Health Perspect 113:350-6. 2005.... - The concurrent use of anticholinergics and cholinesterase inhibitors: rare event or common practice?Ryan M Carnahan
Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:2082-7. 2004..To measure the prevalence of anticholinergic use cross-sectionally in patients receiving cholinesterase inhibitors and to describe change in use of anticholinergics upon inception of cholinesterase inhibitor treatment... - Cost-effectiveness of tamsulosin, doxazosin, and terazosin in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasiaRobert L Ohsfeldt
Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
J Manag Care Pharm 10:412-22. 2004..To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of tamsulosin, doxazosin, or terazosin as initial treatments for moderate benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) over a 3-year time horizon from a health-system-payer perspective... - Evaluation of the Iowa Medicaid pharmaceutical case management programElizabeth A Chrischilles
Health Effectiveness Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 44:337-49. 2004..To test the effect of pharmaceutical case management (PCM) on medication safety and health care utilization... - Extent of services provided by pharmacists in the Iowa Medicaid Pharmaceutical Case Management programBarry L Carter
Division of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, lowa City 52242, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) 43:24-33. 2003.... - Was breast conserving surgery underutilized for early stage breast cancer? Instrumental variables evidence for stage II patients from IowaJohn M Brooks
Health Effectiveness Research Center, College of Pharmacy and the College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
Health Serv Res 38:1385-402. 2003..DATA SOURCES/DATA SETTING: Secondary linked Iowa SEER Cancer Registry--Iowa Hospital Association discharge abstract data for women in Iowa with stage II breast cancer from 1989-1994... - Days of prophylactic filgrastim use to reduce febrile neutropenia in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma treated with chemotherapyShane D Scott
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Dr 5974 JPP, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
J Manag Care Pharm 9:15-21. 2003..s lymphoma (NHL) treated with chemotherapy, but differences in days of therapy and mode (primary or secondary) of prophylaxis may affect clinical outcomes... - Heterogeneity and the interpretation of treatment effect estimates from risk adjustment and instrumental variable methodsJohn M Brooks
Program in Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Med Care 45:S123-30. 2007..We demonstrate these contrasts by examining the effect of breast conserving surgery plus irradiation (BCSI) relative to mastectomy on early stage breast cancer (ESBC) survival... - Effect of dialysis center profit-status on patient survival: a comparison of risk-adjustment and instrumental variable approachesJohn M Brooks
College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Program in Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
Health Serv Res 41:2267-89. 2006..These results are in contrast to results obtained using risk-adjustment methods with a limited set of risk-adjusting covariates... - Hip fracture risk among community-dwelling elderly people in the United States: a prospective study of physical, cognitive, and socioeconomic indicatorsRobin Taylor Wilson
Division of Epidemiology, Department of Health Evaluation Sciences, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, and the Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, PA 17033 0855, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1210-8. 2006..We determined risks of short-term (2-year) hip fracture in a nationally representative, prospective cohort of community-dwelling elderly people 70 years or older... - Hospital volume-outcome relationships among medical admissions to ICUsLakshmi Durairaj
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, USA
Chest 128:1682-9. 2005..The lack of a consistent volume-outcome relationship may reflect unmeasured patient complexity in higher-volume hospitals, relative standardization of care across ICUs, or lack of efficacy of some accepted ICU processes of care... - Development of a computer algorithm for defining an active drug list using an automated pharmacy databaseBrian C Lund
Laureate Psychiatric Research Center, Laureate Psychiatric Clinics and Hospital, 6655 South Yale Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74136, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 56:802-6. 2003..Such determinations often require the creation of a drug regimen at a particular point in time. The objective of this study was to develop a computer algorithm for defining a cross-sectional active drug list...