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| Julie Marie DonohueSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Effects of pharmaceutical promotion on adherence to the treatment guidelines for depressionJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Med Care 42:1176-85. 2004....- Medicare Part D and potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderlyJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Manag Care 18:e315-22. 2012..Inappropriate medication use, which is common in older adults, may be responsive to out-of-pocket costs. We examined the impact of Medicare Part D on inappropriate medication use among Medicare beneficiaries... 
Sources of regional variation in Medicare Part D drug spendingJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
N Engl J Med 366:530-8. 2012....- Impact of Medicare Part D on antidepressant treatment, medication choice, and adherence among older adults with depressionJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:989-97. 2011..Depression in older adults is often undertreated due, in part, to medication costs. We examined the impact of improved prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D on use of antidepressants, medication choice, and adherence... - The Medicare drug benefit (Part D) and treatment of heart failure in older adultsJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am Heart J 160:159-65. 2010..We examined the impact of improvements in drug coverage under Medicare Part D on utilization of, and adherence to, medications for heart failure in older adults... - Whom do older adults trust most to provide information about prescription drugs?Julie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7:105-16. 2009..One factor affecting communication and adherence may be older adults' confidence in the information about prescription drugs provided by physicians and other sources... - Dual eligibles with mental disorders and Medicare part D: how are they faring?Julie M Donohue
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:746-59. 2009..To improve access for this population, Medicare might consider changes to its enrollment and risk-sharing systems... - Estimating Medicare Part D's impact on medication access among dually eligible beneficiaries with mental disordersJulie Marie Donohue
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 De Soto St, A613, Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:1285-91. 2007..The objective of this study was to estimate rates of medication switching among dually eligible beneficiaries using antidepressants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers attributable to their enrollment in Medicare drug plans... - A decade of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugsJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
N Engl J Med 357:673-81. 2007..Moreover, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been criticized for its weak enforcement of laws regulating such advertising... - Reducing the societal burden of depression: a review of economic costs, quality of care and effects of treatmentJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 25:7-24. 2007.... - Being directJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, USA
Mark Health Serv 25:30-6. 2005 - Economic grand rounds: the economics of the new medicare drug benefit: implications for people with mental illnessesJulie M Donohue
Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Crabtree Hall A613, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:645-7. 2005 - Helping Medicare patients benefit from the new Medicare drug benefit: an overview with practice tipsJulie Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Geriatr Cardiol 14:291-7. 2005.... - Mental health in the Medicare Part D drug benefit: a new regulatory model?Julie Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:707-19. 2006..Regulators have put policies in place to counteract these incentives. This paper examines these strategies' likely success and suggests additional approaches to be considered... - A history of drug advertising: the evolving roles of consumers and consumer protectionJulie Donohue
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, 130 DeSoto Street, Crabtree Hall A613, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Milbank Q 84:659-99. 2006.... - The effects of the coverage gap on drug spending: a closer look at Medicare Part DYuting Zhang
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w317-25. 2009..Coverage of generic drugs with a $0-$10 copayment in the doughnut hole could be financed by, at most, a six-to-nine-percentage-point increase in initial coinsurance... - Promotion of prescription drugs to consumersMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
N Engl J Med 346:498-505. 2002..Guidelines issued in 1997 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding advertising to consumers through electronic media are considered by some to be responsible for unleashing a flood of direct-to-consumer advertising... - How the Medicare Part D drug benefit changed the distribution of out-of-pocket pharmacy spending among older beneficiariesYuting Zhang
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65:502-7. 2010..To examine the impact of the Medicare drug benefit (Part D) on the distribution of out-of-pocket pharmacy spending among older adults... 
The impact of Medicare Part D on medication adherence among older adults enrolled in Medicare-Advantage productsYuting Zhang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Med Care 48:409-17. 2010..Little is known about how Medicare Part D affects the medication refill adherence for cardiovascular and diabetes medications, particularly among beneficiaries without prior drug coverage...- Ambulatory antibiotic use and prescription drug coverage in older adultsYuting Zhang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 De Soto St, Crabtree Hall, Room A664, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:1308-14. 2010..However, no studies have evaluated how antibiotic use changes with drug coverage. We evaluate changes in ambulatory oral antibiotic use after implementation of the Medicare drug benefit (Part D)... - Health reform and the scope of benefits for mental health and substance use disorder servicesRachel L Garfield
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh, 130 De Soto St, Crabtree A612, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:1081-6. 2010.... - From the patient perspective: the economic value of seasonal and H1N1 influenza vaccinationBruce Y Lee
Public Health Computational and Operations Research PHICOR, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Vaccine 29:2149-58. 2011..To encourage vaccination, decision makers may want to focus on ways to reduce this time, such as vaccinating at work, churches, or other normally frequented locations... - The impact of Medicare Part D on medication treatment of hypertensionYuting Zhang
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh, 130 De Soto Street, Crabtree Hall A664, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Health Serv Res 46:185-98. 2011..To evaluate Medicare Part D's impact on use of antihypertensive medications among seniors with hypertension... - The effect of Medicare Part D on drug and medical spendingYuting Zhang
Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
N Engl J Med 361:52-61. 2009..It is not known what effect the increased use of prescription drugs by enrollees in Medicare Part D has had on spending for other medical care...
Research Grants
- Impact of Medicare Part D on Racial Disparities in Diabetes Treatment and OutcomeJulie Marie Donohue; Fiscal Year: 2010....