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Profit Over Patients: Examining The Influence Of Pharmaceutical Companies On Mental Health Medication Prescriptions, Allison Beltramini

Honors Projects in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

This paper explores the relationship pharmaceutical companies have with the overprescription of mental health medication, highlighting unethical marketing practices and their impact on prescription patterns. Previous literature addresses unethical pharmaceutical company marketing strategies, relationships within the field, and cost differences. This study includes qualitative insights from professionals in the field. Interviews conducted collected information that showed the prevalence of mental health illnesses, how treatments are prescribed, and the extent of pharmaceutical influence. Initial findings suggest a significant push for medication as it is the most common treatment method for mental health illnesses. This study highlights pharmaceutical companies' profit-driven motives and …

Interprofessional Education And Collaboration In The Philippines: Current Landscape, Gaps, And Propositions, Arvie Vitente, Michael Sy, Reeva Ann Sumulong, Anna Causapin, Jocel Regino

Rehabilitation Sciences Department Faculty Articles

Interprofessional education (IPE) is a forward-looking strategy in healthcare education that unites students and professionals from various disciplines to enhance interprofessional collaboration (IPC). IPE is designed to prepare future health and social care professionals to navigate and address the complexities of modern healthcare systems. In the Philippines, despite being a developing country with a fragmented healthcare system, there have been efforts over the last 15 to 20 years to introduce and institutionalize IPE and IPC in both higher education and healthcare settings. However, significant challenges persist, including the dominance of medical professionals, inadequate regulatory mechanisms, and a lack of strong …

Evaluate 503b Facilities For Outsourced Compounds, Sarah Clemente, Brittany Riley, Alberto Coustasse

Pharmacy Practice & Administration

The US health care system has encountered long-standing, complex challenges, including growing costs, overuse of care, staffing shortages and supply chain weaknesses. COVID-19 revived these pressures, transforming the health care landscape. Medication and staffing shortages plague hospital systems, and pharmacies are not exempt. Most health systems have experienced high levels of pharmacy technician turnover, with most reporting a minimum turnover rate of 21% last year. In addition, medication shortages of critical medications and infusions create significant workflow barriers that hospitals must address to ensure patient safety. In the face of these obstacles, health systems are turning to 503B compounding facilities …

Anemia And Associated Risk Factors Among Pregnant Women In Al Karkh Health Directorate, Baghdad / Iraq, Fawzi Hashim Atshan, Ibtisam Faraj Hasan

Al-Esraa University College Journal for Medical Sciences

Introduction: Anemia in pregnancy is one of the most common public health problems in developing country,it is commonly associated with poor pregnancy outcome and can result in complications that threaten the life of both mother and fetus. The main risk factors associated with anemia during pregnancy are low body storage of iron ,low intake of iron, poor absorption of iron from diet, chronic infections, and parasitic diseases . Objective: To determine the prevalence of anemia and associated risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care units in Baghdad Al Karkh Heath Directorate, Baghdad/Iraq . Materials and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study, …

Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years Of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, And Disability-Adjusted Life Years For 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 To 2019 A Systematic Analysis For The Global Burden Of Disease Study 2019, Ismaeel Yunusa Ph.D., Jonathan M. Kocarnik, Kelly Compton, Frances E. Dean, Weijia Fu, Brian L. Gaw, Et. Al.

Faculty Publications

Importance The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019 (GBD 2019) provided systematic estimates of incidence, morbidity, and mortality to inform local and international efforts toward reducing cancer burden.

Objective To estimate cancer burden and trends globally for 204 countries and territories and by Sociodemographic Index (SDI) quintiles from 2010 to 2019.

Evidence Review The GBD 2019 estimation methods were used to describe cancer incidence, mortality, years lived with disability, years of life lost, and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2019 and over the past decade. Estimates are also provided by quintiles of the SDI, a composite …

Essential Methods Of Pharmacoeconomics Php 589, Joanna Burkhardt

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Application Of Medication Outcomes Evaluation Php 649, Joanna Burkhardt

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Essential Methods Of Pharmacoecoepidemiology Php 559, Joanna Burkhardt

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Introduction To Medication Outcomes Php 509, Joanna Burkhardt

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Online Graduate Certificate In Medication Outcomes, Joanna Burkhardt

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Variations In Schedule Iii Prescription Patterns In A Medicaid Population Pre- And Post-Policy, Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, Jeffery C. Talbert, Craig S. Miller, Jeffrey Ebersole

Pharmacy Practice and Science Faculty Publications

The present study investigated variations in patient movement patterns between prescribers before and after House Bill 1 (HB1) implementation in Kentucky using network abstractions (PPN: prescriber-prescriber networks) from a one-month cross-sectional Schedule III prescription data in a Medicaid population. Network characteristics such as degree centrality distribution of PPN was positively skewed and revealed Dental Practitioners to be the highly connected specialty with opioid analgesic hydrocodone-acetaminophen to be the most commonly prescribed drug. Taxonomy enrichment of the prescriber specialties in PPN using chi-square test revealed a reduction in the enriched taxonomies Post-HB1 compared to Pre-HB1 with Dental practitioners being constitutively enriched …

The Place And Role Of Pharmacy Benefit Management (Pbm) Companies In Us Healthcare System, George Mattis Ii

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

On average, prescription drugs cost US consumers more than any other developed country in the world. US drug makers claim that intermediaries in the prescription drug supply chain, companies called pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), are forcing them to increase their drug prices. PBMs counter that the discounts they receive from drug makers are channeled to insurers. This thesis will examine the role that PBMs play in the prescription drug supply chain and determine what effect they have on drug prices. This thesis will utilize a comparative static model, Structure, Conduct, Performance (SCP) framework to analyze the pharmaceutical manufacturing and the …

Cannabis Chemistry And Pharmacognosy, Joanna Burkhardt

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Cannabis Chemistry And Pharmacognosy, Joanna Burkhardt

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Cannabis Therapeutics Bps 314, Joanna Burkhardt

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Caqnnabis Studies Certificate, Joanna Burkhardt

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Cannabis Product Development Bps 316, Joanna Burkhardt

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Comprehensive Pharmacy Practice And Patient Care Php 548, Joanna Burkhardt

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Clinical And Therapeutic Sciences Iv Php 528, Joanna Burkhardt

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Clinical And Therapeutic Sciences Ii Php 328, Joanna Burkhardt

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Clinical And Therapeutic Sciences Iii Php 427, Joanna Burkhardt

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Clinical And Therapeutic Sciences V Php 527, Joanna Burkhardt

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Clinical And Therapeutic Sciences Iv Php 428, Joanna Burkhardt

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Foundational Pharmaceutical Sciences I Bps 337, Joanna Burkhardt

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Clinical And Therapeutic Sciences I Php 327, Joanna Burkhardt

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Treatment Patterns And Economic Burden Of Sickle-Cell Disease Patients Prescribed Hydroxyurea: A Retrospective Claims-Based Study, Nirmish Shah, Menaka Bhor, Lin Xie, Rashid Halloway, Steve Arcona, Jincy Paulose, Huseyin Yuce

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Background: This study aimed to evaluate sickle-cell disease (SCD) treatment patterns and economic burden among patients prescribed hydroxyurea (HU) in the US, through claims data.

Methods: SCD patients with pharmacy claims for HU were selected from the Medicaid Analytic Extracts (MAX) from January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2013. The first HU prescription during the identification period was defined as the index date and patients were required to have had continuous medical and pharmacy benefits for ≥6 months baseline and 12 months follow-up periods. Patient demographics, clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, health care utilization, and costs were examined, and variables were …

Pharmaceutical Science Internship/Field Experience Bps 460x, Joanna Burkhardt

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Immunology And Immunotherapeutics Php/Bps 415, Joanna Burkhardt

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Pharmacy Law And Social Administrative Services Iv Php 408, Joanna Burkhardt

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Pharmacy Law And Social Administrative Services Iii Php 407, Joanna Burkhardt

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