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..Older adults (ie, those aged > or = 65 years) are at increased risk of developing drug therapy problems, which may lead to poor health outcomes and decreased quality of life...

..The purpose of this initiative was to revise and update the Beers criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in adults 65 years and older in the United States...

..This study evaluated the effect of malaria RDTs on health workers' anti-malarial drug (AMD) prescriptions among outpatients at low level health care facilities (LLHCF) within different malaria epidemiological settings in Uganda...

..Our objective was to study the influence of RDT-aided malaria diagnosis on drug prescriptions, health outcomes, and costs in primary health care settings.

..Improper prescription practices will not improve without consumer targeted interventions that educate and empower communities regarding the hazards of inappropriate drug use...

..Suboptimal treatment of hyperlipidemia in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is well documented. We report the impact of a computer-assisted physician-directed intervention to improve secondary prevention of hyperlipidemia...

..The main reason seems to be the genetic linkage of the index resistance to other resistance determinants...

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..We evaluate the factors that physicians in the emergency department (ED) consider when prescribing antibiotics (eg, patient expectations) and the factors associated with patient satisfaction...

..g. older adult nursing and learning disability) would benefit in particular from ongoing mentoring relationships with experienced prescribers and the development of individual formularies...

To estimate the prevalence and evaluate the appropriateness of anti-asthmatic drug prescriptions in an Italian paediatric population, drug prescriptions involving 24,407 children <18 years old, dispensed during 2003 by the retail ..

..In 1999, the Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) was launched to develop and implement evidence-based hypertension guidelines...

..Furthermore, the statistical and epidemiological properties of prescribing quality indicators need more attention...

..Study aims were to explore the views of stakeholders involved in SP policy, training and practice, focusing upon issues such as SP benefits, facilitators, challenges, safety and costs, thereby informing future practice and policy...

..To reduce rates of nosocomial pneumonia and cost of antibiotic therapy...

..A recent trial in rural health facilities in Ghana reduced overprescription of anti-malarials, but found that 45.5% patients who tested negative with RDTs were still prescribed an anti-malarial...

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..The number of nurses able to independently prescribe medicines in England has risen steadily in recent years...

..However, the extent to which these agents are used in current clinical practice in the United States (U.S.) has not been systematically evaluated...

..Our objective was to explore how differences in prevalences of use, dosing characteristics, choice of statin and continuity of therapy in individual patients adds new information to previous results...

..The objective of this review is to examine the relationship between exposure to information from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of physicians' prescribing...

..The aim in this paper is to review, thematically, the literature on nurse and pharmacist SP, to inform further research, policy and education...

..The National Health Service (NHS) intends to introduce a system of electronic transfer of prescription-related information between general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacies. The NHS Plan describes how this will be achieved...

..In this document we expand on these broad statements, provide a view of how these learning objectives might be achieved, and identify the key elements of a core curriculum in prescribing and therapeutics...

..The use of antibiotics should follow specific criteria; they are on top of the list of self-medication drugs in countries that do not control their commercialization...

..There is a role for IP screening tools in everyday clinical practice. These should enhance, not replace good clinical judgement, which in turn should be based on sound pharmacogeriatric training...

..To review the research literature to date on pharmacist prescribing in the United Kingdom (UK) and to explore the main areas of care and practice settings including any benefits and limitations...

..The goal of this study was to determine the validity and utility of a pharmacy-based time-to-refill measure of antiretroviral therapy adherence...

..The results point to various reasons for and methods of abusing and misusing stimulant medication that may direct future research, prevention, and intervention...

..After all, effective communication is best accomplished when it is clear and simple...

..The effect of antihypertensive treatment on survival and recurrence in an unselected sample of the general population, using the General Practice Research Database, was analysed...

..Also, the probability of a veto was found to increase as patients' copayments decreased. This might indicate moral hazard in insurance, though other explanations are plausible...

..Future studies should also assess whether results are sustained, the optimal time interval between reviews of repeat prescriptions, and the possibilities offered by new computerised support technologies...

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..Many developing countries need improved access to more antimicrobials, preferably in the controlled environment of appropriate medical advice...

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..Defined daily doses (DDD) are used to analyse drug utilisation. For frequently prescribed drug groups, we studied to what extent the DDD correspond to the average prescribed daily doses (PDD)...

..To evaluate the drug prescription pattern in outpatient children...

..Determining the extent to which variations in antipsychotic use are a symptom of facility-level quality problems as compared with a drug safety issue is important for selecting the correct interventions to effect change...

..The authors also propose a possible approach for evaluating technology that is intended to prevent iatrogenic mediation errors in the NICU...

..The use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) in the elderly population is common. Interventions to decrease PIM use in primary care settings are needed...

..A decade of progress on methods for evaluating prescribing improvement programs with drug claims data has enabled planning of routine randomized pragmatic trials of education and policies in primary care in Canada...

..The implementation of supplementary prescribing by pharmacists within primary care trusts (PCTs) and secondary care trusts (SCTs) in England was studied...

..The study aimed to determine the self-reported impact of pharmaceutical promotion on the decision-making process of prescription of GPs in Eastern Turkey...

..To evaluate drug therapy quality among elderly nursing home residents. Secondary aims were to compare quality in young and old elderly and to determine whether number of prescribers affected quality of drug therapy...

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..The actual extent of use of these agents in clinical practice is unknown, however...

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..regular medication review has been recommended for those over 75 and those on multiple drug therapy. Pharmacists are a potential source of assistance in reviewing medication. Evidence of the benefits of this process is needed...

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..We discuss the advantages and risks of online drug sales, outline FDA's authority and enforcement activities in this area, and describe new initiatives we are taking to better respond to the regulatory challenges we face...

..However, the proportion of DDIs associated with potentially relevant clinical consequences appeared to be relatively low...

..The aim of this study is to investigate over-the-counter sale of antibiotics from community pharmacies in Abu Dhabi city, focusing on the extent, demographic and socioeconomic determinants of this practice...

..GPs at the top of the range have annual prescribing costs that are almost twice as much as those at the bottom of the range. This variation cannot be accounted for purely in terms of differences in underlying need for health care...

..To examine the self-reported influences on intern prescribing practice...

..001). This multidisciplinary consultative approach thus reduced antibiotic costs, contributed to infection control, and improved the quality of antibiotic prescription...

..To assess the prescribing practice, use and potential adverse effects of psychoactive medications in Singapore nursing homes...

..To analyse the prescribing patterns of antihypertensive drugs in Finnish primary health care and to describe the profiles of monotherapy and combination therapy in relation to the duration of high blood pressure...

..Inappropriate recommendations regarding antibiotic use were very common in the studied setting. Antibiotics were more likely to be offered to persons who did not have a prescription when they were less likely to be clinically indicated...

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..To explore the experiences and opinions of family physicians and patients regarding the delay of antibiotic prescriptions, to be dispensed if symptoms persist or worsen over time, in treating upper respiratory tract infections...

..To provide an updated review of the literature on the extent of and risk factors for inappropriate prescribing in the elderly...

..CONCLUSIONS: This study identified several characteristics of psychiatrists that may affect their adherence to evidence-based prescribing practices for patients with schizophrenia...

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..There were also differences in the dosing regimens, length of treatment and use of diagnostic techniques...

..To examine the extent to which managed care organizations (MCOs) use formularies, therapeutic interchange, and prior approval and to determine how effectively these tools influence prescribing and dispensing decisions...

..The intent is to study the characteristics of providers and patients, and the type of prescriptions written by NPs and PAs in primary care and to compare these activities to physicians...

..Given a popular public perception of HMOs being most cost conscious in providing health care, further research is needed to understand why prescribing patterns associated with HMOs have poorly followed the JNC recommendations...

..This study demonstrates that there is an association between antibiotic susceptibility reporting from microbiology laboratories and antibiotic prescribing for the treatment of urinary tract infections...

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..The prevalence of 25 clinically important potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) in a population represented by the drug claims database of a pharmacy benefit management company (PBM) was studied...

..To describe opioid pharmacy claims patterns in the United States among an insured population...

..Little information exists about the consequences of limits on prescription-drug benefits for Medicare beneficiaries...

..Accepting a doctor's recommendation is the first step in medication adherence, yet little is known about patients' beliefs and preferences about how medications are prescribed...

..To record the presentation, diagnosis, management, and outcome of acute coughs presenting in family practice...

..This study examines demographic trends in the use of medications to treat ADHD in adult and pediatric populations...

..There is no strong statistical evidence that higher levels of out-of-pocket copayments for prescription drugs influence asthma treatment patterns. However, physician/practice prescribing preferences influence patient treatment...

..Additional studies are warranted to measure the extent of this bias...

..The antidepressant class has certain characteristics that may pose problems for implementation of three-tier formularies, such as differences in which medication works for which patient, and high rates of medication discontinuation...

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..What the patient wants from a general practice consultation and what the doctor believes they want are not always the same thing. This mismatch may lead to unwanted and unnecessary prescribing...

..To analyze the implementation of Medicaid preferred drug lists (PDLs) in a number of states and determine its impact on quality of care and cost relative to other segments of healthcare...

..However, optimal use from the perspective of the community (reserving newer agents for future use) is not always consistent with optimal use from the perspective of the individual patient (prescribing newer, broader agents)...

..We also studied factors that were associated with the substitution of OTC acid inhibitors or antacid use for consultation with a GP...

..Almost 1% of all tablets are split that must not be fragmented. However, the SPC and PL provide only limited information on divisibility stressing the need to improve this information promptly to avoid medication errors...

..Quality markers were unaffected. CONCLUSION: We suggest that practices with diverse prescribing patterns can work together effectively within a PCT locality to control prescribing costs...

..To evaluate the effectiveness of an evidence based group educational outreach visit on prescription patterns of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in primary care...

..More than two million people in the UK are taking statins to reduce their cholesterol. But some doctors claim that they can cause affective disorders...

..Despite this, the use of thiazides is much lower than that of other drug-classes. We wanted to estimate the potential for savings if thiazides were used as the first choice drug for the management of uncomplicated hypertension...

..An important aspect of the report included the recommendation that children with moderate asthma may benefit from daily treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs such as inhaled corticosteroids and cromolyn...

..We aimed to investigate changes in consultation rates and the proportion of consultations with antibiotics prescribed for different types of respiratory tract infections...

..The proposed project aims to improve diabetes management in immigrant Chinese patients by partnering with the community to develop an efficacious diabetes behavioral intervention that incorporates cultural concerns. ..

..The proposed project aims to improve diabetes management in immigrant Chinese patients by partnering with the community to develop an efficacious diabetes behavioral intervention that incorporates cultural concerns. ..

..The proposed project aims to improve diabetes management in immigrant Chinese patients by partnering with the community to develop an efficacious diabetes behavioral intervention that incorporates cultural concerns. ..

..The potential health impact is large because the prevalence of smoking is high in rural areas, access to smoking cessation services is low, and new rules for Medicare reimbursement creates a strong potential for widespread adoption. ..

..the plan formulary and can employ utilization management approaches such as prior authorization (PA) for any drug prescriptions. Because each state determined its own Medicaid coverage policies, dual beneficiaries faced a range of drug ..

..The potential health impact is large because the prevalence of smoking is high in rural areas, access to smoking cessation services is low, and new rules for Medicare reimbursement creates a strong potential for widespread adoption. ..

..the plan formulary and can employ utilization management approaches such as prior authorization (PA) for any drug prescriptions. Because each state determined its own Medicaid coverage policies, dual beneficiaries faced a range of drug ..

..The potential health impact is large because the prevalence of smoking is high in rural areas, access to smoking cessation services is low, and new rules for Medicare reimbursement creates a strong potential for widespread adoption. ..

..Understanding how mucus production is controlled in the middle ear will lay the foundation for new drugs that decrease mucus production and make ear infections less harmful. ..

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..The cost impact of the intervention will be measured to allow a comprehensive assessment of the value of this HIT. ..

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..This application addresses a National Institute of Nursing Research priority, to investigate cultural and ethnic considerations in health and illness. ..

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..Findings will also inform behavioral interventions designed to optimize post-surgical outcome. ..

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..Otitis media accounts for the majority of all pediatric clinical visits and drug prescriptions. However, only a minority of these cases actually benefit from therapeutic intervention...

..These studies are intended to advance methodologic strategies for evaluation of drug use and its effects in older people and to lay the foundation for interventions to improve prescribing in this population. ..

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..Hypothesis: A effective exercise prescription for adults with degenerative joint disease is dependent on knee compartment involvement, CIA stage, BMI, and type of exercise prescribed. ..

..The proposed planning project will set the stage for interventions as well as methodology to determine whether they are successful. ..

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..emergency department visits, laboratory test requests and results, radiology tests, hospitalizations, drug prescriptions and drug dispensings...