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Reduction In Unplanned Hospitalizations Associated With A Physician Focused Intervention To Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study., M Alcusky, R B Thomas, N Jafari, Scott W Keith, A Kee, S Del Canale, M Lombardi, Vittorio Maio
Reduction In Unplanned Hospitalizations Associated With A Physician Focused Intervention To Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use Among Older Adults: A Population-Based Cohort Study., M Alcusky, R B Thomas, N Jafari, Scott W Keith, A Kee, S Del Canale, M Lombardi, Vittorio Maio
College of Population Health Faculty Papers
BACKGROUND: A multimodal general practitioner-focused intervention in the Local Health Authority (LHA) of Parma, Italy, substantially reduced the prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) use among older adults. Our objective was to estimate changes in hospitalization rates associated with the Parma LHA quality improvement initiative that reduced PIM use.
METHODS: This population-based longitudinal cohort study was conducted among older residents (> 65 years) using the Parma LHA administrative healthcare database. Crude and adjusted unplanned hospitalization rates were estimated in 3 periods (pre-intervention: 2005-2008, intervention: 2009-2010, post-intervention: 2011-2014). Multivariable negative binomial models estimated trends in quarterly hospitalization rates among individuals at …
The Health-Related Quality Of Life, Work Productivity, Healthcare Resource Utilization, And Economic Burden Associated With Levels Of Suicidal Ideation Among Patients Self-Reporting Moderately Severe Or Severe Major Depressive Disorder In A National Survey., Carmela Benson, David Singer, Colleen M Carpinella, May Shawi, Larry Alphs
The Health-Related Quality Of Life, Work Productivity, Healthcare Resource Utilization, And Economic Burden Associated With Levels Of Suicidal Ideation Among Patients Self-Reporting Moderately Severe Or Severe Major Depressive Disorder In A National Survey., Carmela Benson, David Singer, Colleen M Carpinella, May Shawi, Larry Alphs
College of Population Health Faculty Papers
Background: Suicidal ideation (SI) is a cardinal aspect of major depressive disorder (MDD); however, patient-reported outcomes data from large-scale surveys are limited concerning SI in the context of MDD. This study aims to understand the association between varying levels of SI and health-related quality of life (HRQoL), work productivity, healthcare resource utilization (HRU), and associated costs in patients with moderately severe/severe MDD.
Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of 2013 national survey data. Patients who self-reported moderately severe or severe MDD and completed the Short Form Survey Version 2 (SF-36v2), Work Productivity Loss and Activity Impairment questionnaire (WPAI), and …
Beta-Blocker Initiation And Adherence After Hospitalization For Acute Myocardial Infarction., Vittorio Maio, Pharmd, Ms, Msph, Massimiliano Marino, Phd, Mary Robeson, Md, Joshua J Gagne, Pharmd, Ms
Beta-Blocker Initiation And Adherence After Hospitalization For Acute Myocardial Infarction., Vittorio Maio, Pharmd, Ms, Msph, Massimiliano Marino, Phd, Mary Robeson, Md, Joshua J Gagne, Pharmd, Ms
College of Population Health Faculty Papers
Aims: We sought to: (1) estimate the proportion of patients who initiated beta-blocker therapy after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Regione Emilia-Romagna (RER); (2) examine predictors of post-AMI beta-blocker initiation; and (3) assess adherence to such therapy.
Methods and Results: Using healthcare claims data covering all of RER, we identified a cohort of 24,367 patients with a hospitalization for AMI between 2004 and 2007, who were discharged from the hospital alive and without contraindications to beta-blocker therapy. We estimated the proportion of eligible patients with at least one prescription for a beta-blocker following discharge and performed a multivariable logistic regression …