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Formulary restrictions and stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation
CONCLUSIONS: Limiting access to NOACs may exacerbate current underuse of anticoagulants and increase the risk of stroke among patients with newly diagnosed AF. Pharmacy benefit managers and Part D plans need to continuously review the appropriateness of formulary policies to ensure patient access to effective medications.PMID:36252171 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2022.89195
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - October 17, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Bo Zhou Seth Seabury Dana Goldman Geoffrey Joyce Source Type: research
A novel approach to attribute responsible physicians using inpatient claims
CONCLUSIONS: We provide a robust method to attribute physicians to patients, which is a necessary tool to understand physician-level variation in quality of care within the inpatient acute care setting. The proposed method provides consistency across facilities and eliminates unattributed patients resulting from unsatisfied business rules.PMID:35852889 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2022.89185
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - July 19, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Michael Korvink German Molina John Martin Henry Sullivant Laura H Gunn Source Type: research
Bounce-Back: Predicting Acute Readmission From Inpatient Rehabilitation for Patients With Stroke
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Results suggest that certain demographic, medical, and functional characteristics are associated differentially with rehospitalization after completion inpatient rehabilitation. The strongest model was the discharge to the acute hospital model with concordance statistic (c-statistic) of 0.87.
Source: American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - June 18, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Original Research Articles Source Type: research
FDA safety warnings and trends in testosterone marketing to physicians
In this study, we found that testosterone marketing efforts such as marketing spending per encounter, quarterly marketing spending per physician, and quarterly number of encounters per physician increased among non-PCPs and urban physicians for 4 quarters following an FDA boxed warning in 2015 on testosterone prescriptions. After the black box warning, off-label testosterone advertisements stopped. This reduction in advertising could have made it more attractive for pharmaceutical companies to increase their marketing spending targeting non-PCPs and physicians in urban areas. Understanding responses of pharmaceutical compa...
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - April 11, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Adeniyi Togun Ashwini Sankar Pinar Karaca-Mandic Source Type: research
Health care fragmentation and blood pressure control among adults taking antihypertensive medication
CONCLUSIONS: Fragmented health care may increase the likelihood of aTRH with uncontrolled BP among older Black adults taking antihypertensive medication.PMID:35404546 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2022.88837
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - April 11, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Calvin L Colvin Monika M Safford Paul Muntner Lisandro D Colantonio Lisa M Kern Source Type: research
FDA safety warnings and trends in testosterone marketing to physicians
In this study, we found that testosterone marketing efforts such as marketing spending per encounter, quarterly marketing spending per physician, and quarterly number of encounters per physician increased among non-PCPs and urban physicians for 4 quarters following an FDA boxed warning in 2015 on testosterone prescriptions. After the black box warning, off-label testosterone advertisements stopped. This reduction in advertising could have made it more attractive for pharmaceutical companies to increase their marketing spending targeting non-PCPs and physicians in urban areas. Understanding responses of pharmaceutical compa...
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - April 11, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Adeniyi Togun Ashwini Sankar Pinar Karaca-Mandic Source Type: research
Health care fragmentation and blood pressure control among adults taking antihypertensive medication
CONCLUSIONS: Fragmented health care may increase the likelihood of aTRH with uncontrolled BP among older Black adults taking antihypertensive medication.PMID:35404546 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2022.88837
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - April 11, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Calvin L Colvin Monika M Safford Paul Muntner Lisandro D Colantonio Lisa M Kern Source Type: research
