Surrey M Walton

..These costs have not been previously examined. This study provides a decision analytic model to assess the net costs of using flavocoxid for OA from a Medicare perspective...

..To develop a prioritized list of individual drugs for which future research regarding off-label uses is warranted...

..To examine long-term changes in the U.S. pharmacist labor market across states...

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..Women are increasingly entering the dental work force. This study examines the impact of sex, age and other demographic characteristics on dentists' work force participation and on hours worked from 1979 through 1999...

..In addition, several suggestions are made for future research regarding the relationship between pharmacists, the health system, and medication errors...

..To determine whether growth in the number of pharmacy graduates and newly accredited schools from 2000 to 2009 were larger in states with fewer pharmacists per population age ≥ 65 years...

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..Work-related injury rates in the fire service industry exceed those for most other industries, however little is known about the cost of injury to firefighters...

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..This information may be of value in designing programs to alter medication use...

..As such, these drugs may be amenable to the use of prescribing guidelines. However, relatively little has been published on the effect of such guidelines on clinical outcomes or costs of care...

..However, structural and process barriers, particularly in community and retail pharmacies, must be addressed to improve the medication-use process. These issues merit greater attention from health care leaders and policymakers...

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..Knowledge of these differences could have importance in predicting the effectiveness of strategies designed to influence drug use in this setting...

..CONCLUSION: A survey of community hospitals indicated that although most engaged in productivity monitoring, systems for such measurement often failed to capture all relevant clinical workload data...

..More states moved toward having an adequate supply of pharmacists than toward having a more severe shortage of pharmacists, but the national ADI suggests that the system remains stressed...

..To analyze, from a payer perspective, the net pharmaceutical and medical costs of prescribing divalproex sodium extended-release (DVPX-ER) versus valproic acid (VPA) in patients with bipolar disorder...

..The objective of this study was to compare parathyroidectomy rates in secondary hyperparathyroidism patients treated with paricalcitol or cinacalcet...

..To describe the distribution of pharmacy schools and graduates (first professional degree) at the state, divisional, and regional levels during the 10-year period from 1990 through 1999, as well as enrollment patterns by residential status...

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..The purpose of this study was to illustrate how decision-making could be affected by the choice of preference-based algorithms for the SF-36 and SF-12, and provide some guidance on selecting an appropriate algorithm...

..This integrated efficiency evaluation system is transferable to other hospital pharmacy systems, thereby offering decision makers a better way of measuring, controlling and improving hospital pharmacy efficiency...

..Policy makers should focus on maintaining high rural dentist participation rates as well as addressing future supply problems that may exacerbate difficulties with access in rural areas...

..Because utility weights can affect the statistical properties and significance of results, the summary score selected should be appropriate to the purpose of the study and population of interest...

..Fragmentation varied by hospital, per capita income, race and proportion of single mother homes. This secure methodology and fragmentation analysis may prove useful for future analyses...

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..Drug spending can be controlled by: Understanding the sources of drug cost Improving use of drug formularies Using clinical pharmacists to improve prescribing behavior...

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..CONCLUSION: Along with advances in its methodology and relevant standardized guidelines, CEA will gain increased importance in formulary decision making, helping to assure the goal of cost containment while ensuring quality of care...

..Policies to promote alternatives to LMWHs were reported by 18% of the respondents. A multihospital survey showed that many hospitals wanted but relatively few had prescribing guidelines for LMWHs...