Browsing by Author "Ross-Degnan, Dennis"
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Access to medicines for acute illness in middle income countries in Central America
Emmerick, Isabel Cristina Martins; Luiza, Vera Lucia; Camacho, Luiz Antonio Bastos; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo, 2013)OBJECTIVE To analyze the main predictors of access to medicines for persons who experienced acute health conditions. METHODS This was a cross-sectional analytic study, based on data from household surveys. We examined the ... -
Availability and Use of Essential Medicines in China: Manufacturing, Supply, and Prescribing in Shandong and Gansu Provinces
Chen, Wen; Tang, Shenglan; Sun, Jing; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Wagner, Anita Katharina (BioMed Central, 2010)Background: The current health care reform in China launched in 2009 tackles the problem of access to appropriate medicines for its 1.3 billion people by focusing on providing essential medicines to all. To provide evidence ... -
Barriers in household access to medicines for chronic conditions in three Latin American countries
Emmerick, Isabel Cristina Martins; Luiza, Vera Lucia; Camacho, Luiz Antonio Bastos; Vialle-Valentin, Catherine; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (BioMed Central, 2015)Background: Access to medicines is one of the major challenges in health policy. The high out-of-pocket expenditures on medicines in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region represents important barrier to affordable ... -
Barriers to Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose Among Adults with Diabetes in an HMO: A Cross Sectional Study
Adams, Alyce S; Mah, Connie; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Zhang, Fang; Barton, Mary B; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (BioMed Central, 2003)Background: Recent studies suggest that patients at greatest risk for diabetes complications are least likely to self-monitor blood glucose. However, these studies rely on self-reports of monitoring, an unreliable measure ... -
Benzodiazepine Use and Hip Fractures in the Elderly
Wagner, Anita Katharina; Zhang, Fang; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Walker, Alexander M.; Gurwitz, Jerry H.; Glynn, Robert James; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (American Medical Association (AMA), 2004) -
Changes in Drug Coverage Generosity and Untreated Serious Mental Illness
Madden, Jeanne Marie; Adams, Alyce S.; LeCates, Robert F.; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Zhang, Fang; Huskamp, Haiden Ashby; Gilden, Daniel M.; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram (American Medical Association (AMA), 2015)Importance More than 1 in 5 disabled people with dual Medicare-Medicaid enrollment have schizophrenia or a bipolar disorder (ie, a serious mental illness). The effect of their transition from Medicaid drug coverage, which ... -
Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence After Implementation of Medicare Part D, 2006-2007
Madden, Jeanne Marie; Graves, Amy; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Briesacher, Becky A.; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram (American Medical Association, 2009)To the Editor: High drug costs cause some elderly or disabled patients to take less medication than prescribed or forgo basic needs to pay for medicines. The 2006 Medicare Part D drug benefit was intended to increase ... -
Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence Among Elderly and Disabled Medicare Beneficiaries
Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Pierre-Jacques, Marsha; Zhang, Fang; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Adams, Alyce S.; Gurwitz, Jerry; Adler, Gerald; Safran, Dana Gelb (American Medical Association (AMA), 2006)Background Prior to implementation of the Medicare drug benefit, we estimated the prevalence of cost-related medication nonadherence (CRN) among Medicare enrollees, including elderly and nonelderly disabled beneficiarie ... -
Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence and Spending on Basic Needs Following Implementation of Medicare Part D
Madden, Jeanne Marie; Graves, Amy; Zhang, Fang; Adams, Alyce S.; Briesacher, Becky A.; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Gurwitz, Jerry H.; Pierre-Jacques, Marsha; Safran, Dana Gelb; Adler, Gerald; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram (American Medical Association (AMA), 2008)Context Cost-related medication nonadherence (CRN) has been a persistent problem for individuals who are elderly and disabled in the United States. The impact of Medicare prescription drug coverage (Part D) on CRN is ... -
Costs of Hospital Care for Hypertension in an Insured Population Without an Outpatient Medicines Benefit: An Observational Study in the Philippines
Wagner, Anita Katharina; Valera, Madeleine; Graves, Amy Johnson; Laviña, Sheila; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (BioMed Central, 2008)Background: Hypertension is the number one attributable risk factor for death throughout the world and a major contributor to morbidity, mortality, and increasing health care expenditures in the Philippines. Lack of access ... -
Coverage by the News Media of the Benefits and Risks of Medications
Moynihan, Ray; Bero, Lisa; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Henry, David; Lee, Kirby; Watkins, Judy; Mah, Connie; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2000)Background The news media are an important source of information about new medical treatments, but there is concern that some coverage may be in- accurate and overly enthusiastic. Methods We studied coverage by U.S. news ... -
Depression and Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence in Medicare Beneficiaries
Bambauer, Kara Zivin; Safran, Dana Gelb; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Zhang, Fang; Adams, Alyce S.; Gurwitz, Jerry; Pierre-Jacques, Marsha; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram (American Medical Association (AMA), 2007)Context Treatment for depression can be expensive and depression can affect the use of other medical services, yet there is little information on how depression affects the prevalence of cost-related medication nonadherence ... -
A Descriptive Review of the Methodologies Used in Household Surveys on Medicine Utilization
Bertoldi, Andréa D; Barros, Aluísio JD; Wagner, Anita Katharina; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Hallal, Pedro C (BioMed Central, 2008)Background: Studies carried out in the community enable researchers to understand access to medicines, affordability, and barriers to use from the consumer's point of view, and may stimulate the development of adequate ... -
Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study
Serumaga, B.; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Avery, A. J.; Elliott, R. A.; Majumdar, S. R.; Zhang, Fang; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram (BMJ, 2011)Objective To assess the impact of a pay for performance incentive on quality of care and outcomes among UK patients with hypertension in primary care. Design Interrupted time series. Setting The Health Improvement ... -
Effect of the economic recession on pharmaceutical policy and medicine sales in eight European countries
Leopold, Christine; Mantel-Teeuwisse, Aukje K; Vogler, Sabine; Valkova, Silvia; de Joncheere, Kees; Leufkens, Hubert GM; Wagner, Anita K; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Laing, Richard (World Health Organization, 2014)Abstract Objective: To identify pharmaceutical policy changes during the economic recession in eight European countries and to determine whether policy measures resulted in lower sales of, and less expenditure on, ... -
Effectiveness of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly
Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; McLaughlin, Thomas J.; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Christiansen, Cindy L.; Gurwitz, Jerry H. (American Medical Association (AMA), 2002)Background National guidelines have encouraged increased use of thrombolytic therapy for elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, evidence supporting thrombolytic therapy in patients 75 years and ... -
Effects of a Law against Early Postpartum Discharge on Newborn Follow-up, Adverse Events, and HMO Expenditures
Madden, Jeanne Marie; Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Lieu, Tracy; Mandl, Kenneth David; Zhang, Fang; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2002)BACKGROUND Concern about harm to newborns from early postpartum discharges led to laws establishing minimum hospital stays in the mid-1990s. We evaluated the effects of an early-discharge protocol (a hospital stay of one ... -
Effects of Health Maintenance Organization Coverage of Self-monitoring Devices on Diabetes Self-care and Glycemic Control
Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Mah, Connie; Zhang, Fang; Adams, Alyce; Barton, Mary; Fajtova, Vera Tatana; Ross-Degnan, Dennis (American Medical Association (AMA), 2004)Background Increasingly, government mandates require insurance coverage of blood glucose monitors and test strips for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. No data exist on the effects of such coverage on self-monitoring ... -
Effects of Limiting Medicaid Drug-Reimbursement Benefits on the Use of Psychotropic Agents and Acute Mental Health Services by Patients with Schizophrenia
Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; McLaughlin, Thomas J.; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Casteris, Christina S.; Bollini, Paola (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 1994)BACKGROUND: We examined the effects of a three-prescription monthly payment limit (cap) on the use of psychotropic drugs and acute mental health care by noninstitutionalized patients with schizophrenia. We hypothesized ... -
Effects of Medicaid Drug-Payment Limits on Admission to Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Soumerai, Stephen Bertram; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Avorn, Jerry Lewis; McLaughlin, Thomas J.; Choodnovskiy, Igor (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 1991)BACKGROUND. Many state Medicaid programs limit the number of reimbursable medications that a patient can receive. We hypothesized that such limitations may lead to exacerbations of illness or to admissions to institutions ...