Browsing by Author "Fischer, Michael"

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    • Equity in the Receipt of Oseltamivir in the United States During the H1N1 Pandemic 

      Franklin, Jessica Myers; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Uscher-Pines, Lori; Brill, Gregory; Matlin, Olga S.; Fischer, Michael Adam; Schneeweiss, Sebastian; Avorn, Jerry Lewis; Brennan, Troyen Anthony; Shrank, William (American Public Health Association, 2014)
      Objectives. We assessed the relationship between individual characteristics and receipt of oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in the United States during the H1N1 pandemic and other flu seasons. Methods. In a cohort of individuals ...

    • Five Features Of Value-Based Insurance Design Plans Were Associated With Higher Rates Of Medication Adherence 

      Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Fischer, Michael Adam; Smith, B. F.; Brill, G.; Girdish, C.; Matlin, O. S.; Brennan, Troyen Anthony; Avorn, Jerry Lewis; Shrank, W (Health Affairs (Project Hope), 2014)
      Value-based insurance design (VBID) plans selectively lower cost sharing to increase medication adherence. Existing plans have been structured in a variety of ways, and these variations could influence the effectiveness ...

    • Medicaid prescription limits: policy trends and comparative impact on utilization 

      Lieberman, Daniel A.; Polinski, Jennifer M.; Choudhry, Niteesh K.; Avorn, Jerry; Fischer, Michael A. (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Medicaid programs face growing pressure to control spending. Despite evidence of clinical harms, states continue to impose policies limiting the number of reimbursable prescriptions (caps). We examined the ...

    • Patient, Physician, and Payment Predictors of Statin Adherence 

      Chan, David Chimin; Shrank, William H.; Cutler, David M.; Jan, Saira; Fischer, Michael Adam; Liu, Jun; Avorn, Jerry Lewis; Solomon, Daniel Hal; Brookhart, Alan; Choudhry, Niteesh K (American Public Health Association, 2010)
      BACKGROUND: Although many patient, physician, and payment predictors of adherence have been described, knowledge of their relative strength and overall ability to explain adherence is limited. OBJECTIVES: To measure the ...

    • Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Use and Perioperative Bleeding and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Cohort Study 

      Gagne, Joshua J; Polinski, Jennifer Milan; Rassen, Jeremy; Fischer, Michael Adam; Seeger, John; Franklin, Jessica Myers; Liu, Jun; Schneeweiss, Sebastian; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar (Springer Science + Business Media, 2015)
      INTRODUCTION: Several small studies have reported inconsistent findings about the safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We sought to ...

    • Statins and congenital malformations: cohort study 

      Bateman, Brian T; Hernandez-Diaz, Sonia; Fischer, Michael A; Seely, Ellen W; Ecker, Jeffrey L; Franklin, Jessica M; Desai, Rishi J; Allen-Coleman, Cora; Mogun, Helen; Avorn, Jerry; Huybrechts, Krista F (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2015)
      Objective: To examine the teratogenic potential of statins. Design: Cohort study. Setting: United States. Participants: A cohort of 886 996 completed pregnancies linked to liveborn infants of women enrolled in Medicaid ...

    • Time series analyses of the effect of FDA communications on use of prescription weight loss medications 

      Block, Jason Perry; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Carpenter, Daniel Paul; Fischer, Michael Adam; Brennan, Troyen Anthony; Tong, A. Y.; Matlin, O. S.; Shrank, W (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)
      OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of FDA safety communications regarding the weight loss medications sibutramine and orlistat. METHODS: The 2008 to 2011 pharmacy claims data from CVS Caremark were used to determine the ...

    • Trends in Insulin Initiation and Treatment Intensification Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes 

      Patrick, Amanda; Fischer, Michael Adam; Choudhry, Niteesh Kumar; Shrank, W; Seeger, John; Liu, Jun; Avorn, Jerry Lewis; Polinski, Jennifer Milan (Springer Science + Business Media, 2014)
      BACKGROUND: Many patients with type 2 diabetes eventually require insulin, yet little is known about the patterns and quality of pharmacologic care received following insulin initiation. Guidelines from the American Diabetes ...

    • Type of stress ulcer prophylaxis and risk of nosocomial pneumonia in cardiac surgical patients: cohort study 

      Bateman, Brian T; Bykov, Katsiaryna; Choudhry, Niteesh K; Schneeweiss, Sebastian; Gagne, Joshua J; Polinski, Jennifer M; Franklin, Jessica M; Doherty, Michael; Fischer, Michael A; Rassen, Jeremy A (BMJ Publishing Group Ltd., 2013)
      Objective: To examine the relation between the type of stress ulcer prophylaxis administered and the risk of postoperative pneumonia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Design: Retrospective cohort ...