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Effect of exposure to evidence-based pharmacotherapy on outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in older adultsIlene H Zuckerman
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1854-61. 2012..To assess the effect of exposure to evidence-based medication after hospital discharge for Medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
Inappropriate drug use and risk of transition to nursing homes among community-dwelling older adultsIlene H Zuckerman
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Med Care 44:722-30. 2006..Adverse events from inappropriate medications are preventable risk factors for nursing home admissions...- Concurrent acute illness and comorbid conditions poorly predict antibiotic use in upper respiratory tract infections: a cross-sectional analysisIlene H Zuckerman
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
BMC Infect Dis 7:47. 2007..Antibiotics are generally not indicated for upper respiratory infections (URIs). Our objectives were to describe patterns of URI treatment and to identify patient and provider factors associated with antibiotic use for URIs... - Potentially inappropriate prescribing before and after nursing home admission among patients with and without dementiaIlene H Zuckerman
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 3:246-54. 2005..This paper extends the research on inappropriate medication prescribing among residents entering a nursing home, with the added feature of comparison by dementia status... - Validation of a method for identifying nursing home admissions using administrative claimsIlene H Zuckerman
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 7:202. 2007..Our objective was to develop and validate an algorithm that identifies nursing home admissions at the resident-month level using the MarketScan Medicare Supplemental and Coordination of Benefit (COB) database... 
Effect of age on survival benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients with Stage III colon cancerIlene H Zuckerman
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1403-10. 2009..To estimate the modifying effect of age on the survival benefit associated with adjuvant chemotherapy receipt in elderly patients with a diagnosis of Stage III colon cancer...- Impact of an educational intervention for secondary prevention of myocardial infarction on Medicaid drug use and costIlene H Zuckerman
Center on Drugs and Public Policy, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:493-500. 2004.... - Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of dementia among Medicare beneficiariesIlene H Zuckerman
Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, 220 Arch Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:S328-33. 2008..We investigated differences in anti-dementia medication use between non-Hispanic White and minority community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries with dementia... - Burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Medicare beneficiaries residing in long-term care facilitiesLinda Simoni-Wastila
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland Baltimore School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7:262-70. 2009..Data from the clinical and economic outcomes in Medicare beneficiaries with COPD who reside in long-term care (LTC) facilities are limited... - Seasonal patterns of controller and rescue medication dispensed in underserved children with asthmaArlene M Butz
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Asthma 45:800-6. 2008..To determine whether temporal trends exist for short-acting beta agonist (SABA), oral corticosteroid (OCS), and anti-inflammatory prescription fills in children with persistent asthma... - The role of nursing home admission and dementia status on care for diabetes mellitusCharlene C Quinn
Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1628-33. 2009..To study the role of nursing home (NH) admission and dementia status on the provision of five procedures related to diabetes mellitus... - The effect of dementia on medication use and adherence among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic heart failureGail B Rattinger
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 10:69-80. 2012..Alzheimer's disease and related disorders (ADRD) are prevalent in older adults, increase the costs of chronic heart failure (CHF) management, and may be associated with undertreatment of cardiovascular disease... - Impact of maintenance therapy on hospitalization and expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBruce C Stuart
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 8:441-53. 2010..However, little research has been conducted to compare use versus nonuse of these medications in terms of health-related outcomes in routine practice... - Association of antipsychotic use with hospital events and mortality among medicare beneficiaries residing in long-term care facilitiesLinda Simoni-Wastila
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 17:417-27. 2009..The authors examine prevalence and trends in AP use by Medicare beneficiaries residing in LTC and the association of APs and other drug use variables with hospital events and mortality... - Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease maintenance medication adherence with all-cause hospitalization and spending in a Medicare populationLinda Simoni-Wastila
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 10:201-10. 2012..Poor medication adherence is implicated in poor outcomes with other chronic conditions; however, little is understood regarding links between adherence and outcomes in COPD patients... - Trends in disparities in receipt of adjuvant therapy for elderly stage III colon cancer patients: the role of the medical oncologist evaluationAmy J Davidoff
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Med Care 47:1229-36. 2009..Recent healthcare system and environmental changes may have reduced treatment gaps... - National estimates of exposure to prescription drugs with addiction potential in community-dwelling eldersLinda Simoni-Wastila
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1082, USA
Subst Abus 26:33-42. 2005.... - Drug use patterns in severely mentally ill Medicare beneficiaries: impact of discontinuities in drug coverageLinda Simoni-Wastila
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland Baltimore School of Pharmacy, 220 Arch Street, 12th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Health Serv Res 43:496-514. 2008.... - National patterns of medication use during pregnancyEuni Lee
Center for Minority Health Services Research, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 15:537-45. 2006..To describe patterns of medication use during pregnancy in ambulatory care settings according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) pregnancy risk classification... - Application of regression-discontinuity analysis in pharmaceutical health services researchIlene H Zuckerman
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Health Serv Res 41:550-63. 2006.... - Use of antiparkinson medications among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with Parkinson's diseaseYu Jung Jenny Wei
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 8:384-94. 2010..Antiparkinson drugs (APDs) are the mainstay in the management of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the use of APDs has not been investigated in a nationally representative sample... - Treatment of dementia in community-dwelling and institutionalized medicare beneficiariesAnn L Gruber-Baldini
Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1508-16. 2007.... - Sensitivity of nursing home cost comparisons to method of dementia diagnosis ascertainmentAnn L Gruber-Baldini
Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Int J Alzheimers Dis 2009:780720. 2009..The prevalence of dementia varied widely by method of ascertainment, and there was only moderate agreement across methods. However, lower costs for dementia among NH admissions are a robust finding across these methods... - Use and spending on antineoplastic therapy for Medicare beneficiaries with cancerAmy J Davidoff
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Med Care 51:351-60. 2013..Oral antineoplastic drugs, not generally covered by Medicare Part B, have assumed an increasingly important role in cancer treatment... - Impact of the 2004 Food and Drug Administration pediatric suicidality warning on antidepressant and psychotherapy treatment for new-onset depressionSatish Valluri
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Med Care 48:947-54. 2010..To assess the national impact of the March 2004 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) antidepressant suicidality warning on the outpatient treatment of new-onset depression in youth... - National patterns of dementia treatment among elderly ambulatory patientsMary K Maneno
Center for Minority Health Services Research, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 98:430-5. 2006..More efforts should be given to detect and to treat dementia patients with cognitive-enhancing agents after the formal diagnosis in the ambulatory care setting... - The total economic burden of overactive bladder in the United States: a disease-specific approachEbere Onukwugha
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, 220 Arch St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:S90-7. 2009..To employ results from a recent US population-based survey to calculate disease-specific total costs of overactive bladder (OAB)... - Association between diabetes patients' knowledge about medications and their blood glucose controlMary Lynn McPherson
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, 20 N Pine Street, Room 443, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Res Social Adm Pharm 4:37-45. 2008..Evidence suggests that patients who are more knowledgeable about diabetes self-care may be more likely to achieve better glycemic control... - Residential and health care transition patterns among older medicare beneficiaries over timeMasayo Sato
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Gerontologist 51:170-8. 2011..To describe annual care transition patterns across residential and health care settings and assess consistency in care transition patterns across years... - Chemotherapy treatment and survival in older women with estrogen receptor-negative metastatic breast cancer: a population-based analysisMyra Schneider
School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 59:637-46. 2011..To investigate the survival benefit associated with chemotherapy receipt in older women with estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) Stage IV breast cancer... - Osteoporosis management in a Medicaid population after the Women's Health Initiative studyEuni Lee
Center for Minority Health Services Research, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:155-61. 2006..These results suggest that the WHI study affected patterns of use of bone protective pharmacotherapy, with a shift in bone protection therapy use from estrogen to nonestrogen AOMs... - Intervention for decreasing excessive acetaminophen use in Pennsylvania Medicaid recipientsIlene H Zuckerman
Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore 21201, USA
Am J Health Syst Pharm 61:2410-4. 2004 - Out-of-pocket health care expenditure burden for Medicare beneficiaries with cancerAmy J Davidoff
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Cancer 119:1257-65. 2013..In the current study, the authors examined out-of-pocket (OOP) spending and burden relative to income for Medicare beneficiaries with cancer... - A sustainable strategy to prevent misuse of antibiotics for acute respiratory infectionsGail B Rattinger
Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA
PLoS ONE 7:e51147. 2012..Could a clinical decision support system (CDSS), interposed at the time of electronic prescription, adjust antibiotics utilization toward consensus treatment guidelines for ARI?.. - Obesity and medicare expenditure: accounting for age-related height lossNneka C Onwudiwe
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:204-11. 2011..Adjusting for loss-of-height with aging had little affect on cost estimates... - Benzodiazepine use and expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries and the implications of Medicare Part D exclusionsHui wen Keri Yang
Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:384-91. 2008.... - Evaluation of a physician-focused educational intervention on medicaid children with asthmaEuni Lee
Center for Minority Health Services Research, Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, 2300 Fourth Street NW, Washington, DC 20059 0001, USA
Ann Pharmacother 38:961-6. 2004..The 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act mandated drug utilization review in response to inappropriate drug use. In the Pennsylvania Medicaid program, pediatric asthma is associated with high healthcare utilization and cost... - The use and interpretation of quasi-experimental studies in infectious diseasesAnthony D Harris
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Clin Infect Dis 38:1586-91. 2004.... - Trends in the prescription of inappropriate drugs for the elderly between 1995 and 1999Bruce Stuart
School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 1:61-74. 2003..However, it is not known whether the Beers criteria have had a beneficial effect on prescribing practices... - Outcomes of irinotecan-based chemotherapy regimens in elderly Medicare patients with metastatic colorectal cancerNour A Obeidat
Pharmaceutical Health Services Research Department, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 7:343-54. 2009..Few population-based studies have evaluated other chemotherapies that are now available for colorectal cancer management... - Antihypertensive use and adherence and blood pressure stress response among black caregivers and non-caregiversJalpa A Doshi
University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Appl Nurs Res 16:266-77. 2003..These findings contradict previous findings among white caregivers and non-caregivers and suggest different practice implications... - Medication use and adherence among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes enrolled in Part D and retiree health plansBruce Stuart
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland Baltimore, 220 Arch St Baltimore, MD 21230, USA
Med Care 49:511-5. 2011..The question for policy makers is whether beneficiaries enrolled in Part D plans exhibit drug utilization patterns comparable with those seen in retiree plans... - Medication reconciliation during the transition to and from long-term care settings: a systematic reviewPankdeep T Chhabra
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, 220 Arch Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Res Social Adm Pharm 8:60-75. 2012..Hence, it is important to develop effective interventions to protect older adults at transition points of care... - Long-term effect of the Women's Health Initiative study on antiosteoporosis medication prescribingEuni Lee
Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, Center for Minority Health Services Research, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:847-54. 2010..To describe long-term prescribing patterns of osteoporosis therapy before and after the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) publication... - Patterns of inhaled antiinflammatory medication use in young underserved children with asthmaArlene M Butz
Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 200 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Pediatrics 118:2504-13. 2006..We examined factors associated with the use of inhaled corticosteroids in young underserved children with persistent asthma using pharmacy records as their source of asthma medications... - How robust are health plan quality indicators to data loss? A Monte Carlo simulation study of pediatric asthma treatmentBruce Stuart
The Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore 21201, USA
Health Serv Res 38:1547-61. 2003..DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTINGS: Maryland Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) claims. Children with asthma (n = 5,804) were selected from Medicaid enrollment records and medical and pharmacy FFS claims filed between June 1996 and December 1997... - Variation in antidiabetic medication intensity among Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes mellitusBruce Stuart
Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 5:195-208. 2007..However, there are few empirical benchmarks against which clinicians can compare their prescribing practices for patients who have DM and varying levels of comorbidity... - Effect of Medicaid eligibility category on racial disparities in the use of psychotropic medications among youthsJulie Magno Zito
University of Maryland, Baltimore, 515 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:157-63. 2005..This study sought to determine the degree to which Medicaid eligibility categories modify disparities between black and white youths in the prevalence of psychotropic medication... - Patterns of pharmacotherapy and counseling for osteoporosis management in visits to US ambulatory care physicians by womenEuni Lee
Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Howard University, 2300 Fourth St, NW, Washington, DC 20059, USA
Arch Intern Med 162:2362-6. 2002..Women experience rapid bone loss following menopause. Currently available guidelines recommend lifestyle counseling and pharmacotherapy for osteoporosis prevention and treatment in postmenopausal women... - Disparities in access to essential new prescription drugs between non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Hispanic whitesJunling Wang
University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, USA
Med Care Res Rev 63:742-63. 2006..Disparities exist in new, essential drug acquisition between non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks. Socioeconomic and health characteristics explain many of the observed disparities... - Impact of regulatory labeling for troglitazone and rosiglitazone on hepatic enzyme monitoring compliance: findings from the state of Ohio medicaid programRobert J Cluxton
College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0004, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 14:1-9. 2005.... - Prophylaxis for opioid-induced constipation in elderly long-term care residents: a cross-sectional study of Medicare beneficiariesEllina K Max
Department of Pharmacy, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 5:129-36. 2007..These adverse effects include sedation, respiratory depression, nausea and vomiting, reduction in biliary and pancreatic secretions, decreased GI motility, increased GI transit time, and subsequent constipation... - A secondary analysis of a duration response association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in the aging populationChristopher M Blanchette
Center for Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:316-21. 2008..We assessed the risk of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) use on the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) based on duration of exposure... - The impact of the Women's Health Initiative on hormone replacement therapy in a Medicaid programJennifer J Hillman
Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda, California, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:986-92. 2004..Evaluating HRT-prescribing patterns in relation to the release of the WHI will help determine if these study results have influenced the use of HRT... - Utilizing new prescription drugs: disparities among non-Hispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks, and Hispanic whitesJunling Wang
Division of Health Science Administration, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, 847 Monroe Ave, Room 205R, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
Health Serv Res 42:1499-519. 2007..To examine racial and ethnic disparities in new prescription drug use... - Medicaid drug utilization review annual reports for federal fiscal year 1999: looking back to move forwardThomas R Fulda
DUR, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Rockville, MD, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 44:69-74. 2004..To review states' Medicaid drug utilization (DUR) annual reports for federal fiscal year (FFY) 1999 to assess the usefulness of the information provided in assisting states in improving their DUR programs...
Research Grants
- Predicting Transitions Among Community-Dwelling EldersIlene Zuckerman; Fiscal Year: 2007....