Drug Utilization Concept

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• A Cohort Study of Pediatric Shock  Journal Articles
• A Critical Analysis of Studies of State Drug Reimbursement Policies: Research in Need of Discipline  Journal Articles
• A comparison of alternative models of prescription drug utilization  Journal Articles
• A comparison of risk factors associated with community-associated methicillin-resistant and -susceptibleStaphylococcus aureusinfections in remote communities  Journal Articles
• A comprehensive appropriateness of prescribing questionnaire was validated by nominal consensus group  Journal Articles
• A survey of current prescribing practices of anti‐inflammatory and urate‐lowering drugs in gouty arthritis in New South Wales and Queensland  Journal Articles
• An interdisciplinary knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: Study protocol for the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial  Journal Articles
• Antibiotic Overuse: The Influence of Social Norms  Journal Articles
• Antibiotic Use in Long-Term–Care Facilities: Many Unanswered Questions  Journal Articles
• Anticoagulation therapy patterns for acute treatment of venous thromboembolism in GARFIELD‐VTE patients  Journal Articles
• Antidepressant use and 10-year incident fracture risk: the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMoS)  Journal Articles
• Antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care setting – a review and critical appraisal of the literature  Journal Articles
• Appropriateness of NSAID and Coxib prescribing for patients with osteoarthritis by primary care physicians in Ontario: results from the CANOAR study.  Journal Articles
• Are there differences between young- and older-onset early inflammatory arthritis and do these impact outcomes? An analysis from the CATCH cohort  Journal Articles
• Are they being used safely? A retrospective cross-sectional tertiary health care survey of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors prescribing practice in Singapore  Journal Articles
• Assessment of Psychotropic Drug Prescribing Among Nursing Home Residents in Ontario, Canada, During the COVID-19 Pandemic  Journal Articles
• Association of gastrointestinal events with quality of life and treatment satisfaction in osteoporosis patients: results from the Medication Use Patterns, Treatment Satisfaction, and Inadequate Control of Osteoporosis Study (MUSIC OS)  Journal Articles
• CARESS  Journal Articles
• CARESS: The Canadian Registry of Palivizumab  Journal Articles
• Can the health care system buy better antibiotic prescribing behaviour?  Journal Articles
• Canadian Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: Current Resources and Implementation Characteristics  Journal Articles
• Canadian atrial fibrillation anticoagulation study: were the patients subsequently treated with warfarin? Canadian Atrial Fibrillation Anticoagulation Study Group.  Journal Articles
• Case selection for statins was similar in two Canadian provinces: BC and Ontario  Journal Articles
• Changes over time in the use of aspirin in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (1975 to 1997): A population-based perspective  Journal Articles
• Changing trends (1986–2003) in the use of lipid lowering medication in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: A community-based perspective  Journal Articles
• Charging for health care: Evidence on the utilisation of NHS prescribed drugs  Journal Articles
• Coding accuracy of administrative drug claims in the Ontario Drug Benefit database.  Journal Articles
• Collection of antirheumatic medication data from both patients and rheumatologists shows strong agreement in a real-world clinical cohort: the Ontario Best Practices Research Initiative—a rheumatoid arthritis cohort  Journal Articles
• Commitment to change statements can predict actual change in practice  Journal Articles
• Communication training and antibiotic use in acute respiratory tract infections  Journal Articles
• Complex interventions can increase osteoporosis investigations and treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Concordance between discharge prescriptions and insurance claims in post‐myocardial infarction patients  Journal Articles
• Contemporary Utilization of Digoxin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation  Journal Articles
• Cost-Sharing for Prescription Drugs  Journal Articles
• Decreasing antibiotic use, the gut microbiota, and asthma incidence in children: evidence from population-based and prospective cohort studies  Journal Articles
• Descriptive analysis of pharmacy services provided after community pharmacy screening  Journal Articles
• Development of Minimum Criteria for the Initiation of Antibiotics in Residents of Long-Term–Care Facilities: Results of a Consensus Conference  Journal Articles
• Diagnosing attention‐deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children involved with child protection services: are current diagnostic guidelines acceptable for vulnerable populations?  Journal Articles
• Digoxin prescribing for heart failure in elderly residents of long-term care facilities.  Journal Articles
• Effects of Prescription Drug User Fees on Drug and Health Services Use and on Health Status in Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic Review of the Evidence  Journal Articles
• Errors in the Use of Inhalers by Health Care Professionals: A Systematic Review  Journal Articles
• Establishing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program  Journal Articles
• Estimating the price elasticity of expenditure for prescription drugs in the presence of non‐linear price schedules: an illustration from Quebec, Canada  Conferences
• Evaluating the impact of an antimicrobial stewardship program on the length of stay of immune-competent adult patients admitted to a hospital ward with a diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia: A quasi-experimental study  Journal Articles
• Evidence for underuse of effective medical services around the world  Journal Articles
• Family practice-friendly guidelines. Anti-infective guidelines (1994-2005).  Journal Articles
• From pharmaco-therapy to pharmaco-prevention: trends in prescribing to older adults in Ontario, Canada, 1997-2006  Journal Articles
• Gender differences in use of prescription narcotic medications among living kidney donors  Journal Articles
• Global variations in the prevalence, treatment, and impact of atrial fibrillation in a multi-national cohort of 153 152 middle-aged individuals  Journal Articles
• Health care policy evaluation using longitudinal insurance claims data: An application of the Panel Tobit estimator  Conferences
• Heterogeneity in the Management and Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Heart Failure  Journal Articles
• Impact of Antibiotic Administrative Restrictions on Trends in Antibiotic Resistance  Journal Articles
• Impact of ENIGMA trials on nitrous oxide: a survey of Canadian anesthesiologists and residents  Journal Articles
• Impact of a centralized osteoporosis coordinator on post-fracture osteoporosis management: a cluster randomized trial  Journal Articles
• Impact of delisting high‐strength opioid formulations from a public drug benefit formulary on opioid utilization in Ontario, Canada  Journal Articles
• Impact of routine in-hospital assessment of low-density lipoprotein levels and standardized orders on statin therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.  Journal Articles
• Inappropriate use of antibiotics and Clostridium difficile infection  Journal Articles
• Increased risk of mycobacterial infections associated with anti-rheumatic medications  Journal Articles
• Infection prevention and control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian acute and long-term care institutions  Journal Articles
• Influence of drug safety advisories on drug utilisation: an international interrupted time series and meta-analysis  Journal Articles
• Influences on physicians' choices of intravenous colloids  Journal Articles
• Insurance coverage and the treatment of mental illness: effect on medication and provider use  Journal Articles
• International Prevalence, Recognition, and Treatment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Outpatients With Atherothrombosis  Journal Articles
• Intravenous immunoglobulin for severe infections: a survey of Canadian specialists  Journal Articles
• Is cimetidine being prescribed indiscriminately? An analytic survey of patients who present with symptoms of peptic ulcer disease.  Journal Articles
• Long term benzodiazepine use for insomnia in patients over the age of 60: discordance of patient and physician perceptions  Journal Articles
• Management and adherence to VTE treatment guidelines in a national prospective cohort study in the Canadian outpatient setting  Journal Articles
• Medications and dosages used in medical assistance in dying: a cross-sectional study  Journal Articles
• MedsCheck: an opportunity missed  Journal Articles
• Multifaceted intervention to optimize antibiotic use for intra-abdominal infections  Journal Articles
• Nitrous Oxide and Serious Morbidity and Mortality in the POISE Trial  Journal Articles
• Off-label postpartum use of domperidone in Canada: a multidatabase cohort study  Journal Articles
• Off-label use of inhaled tobramycin in Ontario, Canada  Journal Articles
• On Becoming 65 in Ontario  Journal Articles
• Opioid Utilization and Perception of Pain Control in Hospitalized Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study of 11 Sites in 8 Countries  Journal Articles
• Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use in End-Stage Renal Disease  Journal Articles
• Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: protocol of a randomized trial  Journal Articles
• Optimizing the use of patient data to improve outcomes for patients: narcotics for chronic noncancer pain  Journal Articles
• Oral vitamin B12 therapy in the primary care setting: a qualitative and quantitative study of patient perspectives.  Journal Articles
• Osteoporosis medication prescribing in British Columbia and Ontario: impact of public drug coverage  Journal Articles
• Osteoporosis quality indicators using healthcare utilization data  Journal Articles
• Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Large Canadian Cohort: Impact of Chronic Renal Insufficiency, Cardiac Interventions, and Anemia  Conferences
• Outcomes of Late-Preterm Infants: A Retrospective, Single-Center, Canadian Study  Journal Articles
• Overutilization and underutilization of thrombolysis in routine clinical practice∗∗Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiologyreflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACCor the American College of Cardiology.  Journal Articles
• Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with the Early Utilization of New Prescription Drugs  Journal Articles
• Physician characteristics and prescribing for elderly people in New Brunswick: relation to patient outcomes.  Journal Articles
• Pneumonia Observational Incidence and Treatment: A Multidisciplinary Process Improvement Study  Journal Articles
• Practice variation on use of antibiotics: An international survey among pediatric urologists  Journal Articles
• Prescribing for the elderly in NB.  Journal Articles
• Prescription charges.  Journal Articles
• Prevalence and Predictors of Antibiotic Use in Community-Based Elderly in Ontario, Canada  Journal Articles
• Prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill medical patients: a Franco-Canadian cross-sectional study  Journal Articles
• Printed educational messages fail to increase use of thiazides as first-line medication for hypertension in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN72772651]  Journal Articles
• Psychotropic Medication Use During Inpatient Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury  Journal Articles
• Quality and methods of developing practice guidelines  Journal Articles
• Rapid increase in statins newly dispensed to Ontario seniors between 1994 and 2000.  Journal Articles
• Referrals of Cancer versus Non-Cancer Patients to A Palliative Care Consult Team: Do They Differ?  Journal Articles
• Relation between physician characteristics and prescribing for elderly people in New Brunswick.  Journal Articles
• Relationship between increasing prescription charges and consumption in groups not exempt from charges.  Journal Articles
• Reporting of the estimated glomerular filtration rate was associated with increased use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin-II receptor blockers in CKD  Journal Articles
• Results of a randomized controlled trial on statin use in dialysis patients had no influence on statin prescription  Journal Articles
• Risk of a New Benzodiazepine Prescription in Relation to Recent Hospitalization  Journal Articles
• Sedation, Analgesia, and Anaesthesia Variability in Laboratory-Based Cardiac Procedures: An International Survey  Journal Articles
• Sedative Load in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mild–Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease: Longitudinal Relationships with Adverse Events, Delirium and Falls  Journal Articles
• Self-perception of fracture risk: what can it tell us?  Journal Articles
• Stroke prevention in patients from Latin American countries with non‐valvular atrial fibrillation: Insights from the GARFIELD‐AF registry  Journal Articles
• Temporal Patterns and Predictors of Rate vs Rhythm Control in Patients Attending a Multidisciplinary Atrial Fibrillation Clinic  Journal Articles
• Temporal trends and patterns of early clopidogrel use across the spectrum of acute coronary syndromes  Journal Articles
• Ten-year experience with pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy—are we getting better?  Journal Articles
• The Effect of Universal Influenza Immunization on Antibiotic Prescriptions: An Ecological Study  Journal Articles
• The effect of proton pump inhibitors on fracture risk: report from the Canadian Multicenter Osteoporosis Study  Journal Articles
• The epidemiology of psychotropic use in the City of São Paulo  Journal Articles
• The impact of pharmacotherapy on the treatment of mental illness.  Journal Articles
• The impact of practice guidelines and funding policies on the use of new drugs in advanced non‐small cell lung cancer*  Journal Articles
• The incidence and impact of lupus anticoagulants among patients in the intensive care unit.  Journal Articles
• The osteoporosis care gap in Canada  Journal Articles
• The risk of infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs: a retrospective, population-based time series analysis  Journal Articles
• The use of prophylaxis in 2663 children and adults with haemophilia: results of the 2006 Canadian national haemophilia prophylaxis survey  Journal Articles
• Thwarting sore throats.  Journal Articles
• Treatment of depression by obstetrician-gynecologists: A survey study  Journal Articles
• Underutilization of clopidogrel and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome patients: The Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) experience  Journal Articles
• Use of Antidepressants Among Elderly Subjects: Trends and Contributing Factors  Journal Articles
• Use of anti-asthma drugs in New Zealand.  Journal Articles
• Use of secondary prevention drugs for cardiovascular disease in the community in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (the PURE Study): a prospective epidemiological survey  Journal Articles
• Valuing Knowledge and the Knowledge of Values: Understanding Guideline‐ Incongruent Prescribing  Journal Articles
• Vancomycin use in 2 Ontario tertiary care hospitals: a survey.  Conferences
• Warfarin use in atrial fibrillation: A random sample survey of family physician beliefs and preferences.  Journal Articles
• Why are antibiotics prescribed for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people? A qualitative study of physicians' and nurses' perceptions.  Journal Articles