Drug Utilization Concept

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• A Cohort Study of Pediatric Shock  Academic Article
• A Critical Analysis of Studies of State Drug Reimbursement Policies: Research in Need of Discipline  Academic Article
• A case study of nurse management of upper respiratory tract infections in general practice  Academic Article
• A comparison of alternative models of prescription drug utilization  Academic Article
• A comparison of risk factors associated with community-associated methicillin-resistant and -susceptibleStaphylococcus aureusinfections in remote communities  Academic Article
• A comprehensive appropriateness of prescribing questionnaire was validated by nominal consensus group  Academic Article
• A survey of current prescribing practices of anti‐inflammatory and urate‐lowering drugs in gouty arthritis in New South Wales and Queensland  Academic Article
• An interdisciplinary knowledge translation intervention in long-term care: Study protocol for the vitamin D and osteoporosis study (ViDOS) pilot cluster randomized controlled trial  Academic Article
• An observational study of empirical antibiotics for adult women with uncomplicated UTI in general practice  Academic Article
• Antibiotic Overuse: The Influence of Social Norms  Academic Article
• Antibiotic Use in Long-Term–Care Facilities: Many Unanswered Questions  Academic Article
• Antibiotics and shared decision-making in primary care  Academic Article
• Antibiotics in the community: A typology of user behaviours  Academic Article
• Anticoagulation therapy patterns for acute treatment of venous thromboembolism in GARFIELD‐VTE patients  Academic Article
• Antidepressant use and 10-year incident fracture risk: the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMoS)  Academic Article
• Antimicrobial stewardship in the intensive care setting – a review and critical appraisal of the literature  Academic Article
• Appropriateness of NSAID and Coxib prescribing for patients with osteoarthritis by primary care physicians in Ontario: results from the CANOAR study.  Academic Article
• Are there differences between young- and older-onset early inflammatory arthritis and do these impact outcomes? An analysis from the CATCH cohort  Academic Article
• Are they being used safely? A retrospective cross-sectional tertiary health care survey of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors prescribing practice in Singapore  Academic Article
• Assessment of Psychotropic Drug Prescribing Among Nursing Home Residents in Ontario, Canada, During the COVID-19 Pandemic  Academic Article
• 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)  Academic Article
• C-reactive protein point of care testing and physician communication skills training for lower respiratory tract infections in general practice: economic evaluation of a cluster randomized trial  Academic Article
• CARESS  Academic Article
• CARESS: The Canadian Registry of Palivizumab  Academic Article
• Can surveying practitioners about their practices help identify priority clinical practice guideline topics?  Academic Article
• Can the health care system buy better antibiotic prescribing behaviour?  Academic Article
• Canadian Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: Current Resources and Implementation Characteristics  Academic Article
• Canadian atrial fibrillation anticoagulation study: were the patients subsequently treated with warfarin? Canadian Atrial Fibrillation Anticoagulation Study Group.  Academic Article
• Case selection for statins was similar in two Canadian provinces: BC and Ontario  Academic Article
• Changes over time in the use of aspirin in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (1975 to 1997): A population-based perspective  Academic Article
• Changing trends (1986–2003) in the use of lipid lowering medication in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: A community-based perspective  Academic Article
• Charging for health care: Evidence on the utilisation of NHS prescribed drugs  Academic Article
• Coding accuracy of administrative drug claims in the Ontario Drug Benefit database.  Academic Article
• 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  Academic Article
• Commitment to change statements can predict actual change in practice  Academic Article
• Communication training and antibiotic use in acute respiratory tract infections  Academic Article
• Complex interventions can increase osteoporosis investigations and treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Concordance between discharge prescriptions and insurance claims in post-myocardial infarction patients  Academic Article
• Contemporary Utilization of Digoxin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation  Academic Article
• Cost-Sharing for Prescription Drugs  Academic Article
• Decreasing antibiotic use, the gut microbiota, and asthma incidence in children: evidence from population-based and prospective cohort studies  Academic Article
• Descriptive analysis of pharmacy services provided after community pharmacy screening  Academic Article
• Development of Minimum Criteria for the Initiation of Antibiotics in Residents of Long-Term–Care Facilities: Results of a Consensus Conference  Academic Article
• Diagnosing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children involved with child protection services: are current diagnostic guidelines acceptable for vulnerable populations?  Academic Article
• Digoxin prescribing for heart failure in elderly residents of long-term care facilities.  Academic Article
• Does Clinical Error Contribute to Unnecessary Antibiotic Use?  Academic Article
• Effect of Probiotic Use on Antibiotic Administration Among Care Home Residents  Academic Article
• Effectiveness of general practitioner online training and an information booklet for parents on antibiotic prescribing for children with respiratory tract infection in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled trial  Academic Article
• 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  Academic Article
• Effects of primary care antimicrobial stewardship outreach on antibiotic use by general practice staff: pragmatic randomized controlled trial of the TARGET antibiotics workshop  Academic Article
• Enhanced Communication Skills and C-reactive Protein Point-of-Care Testing for Respiratory Tract Infection: 3.5-year Follow-up of a Cluster Randomized Trial  Academic Article
• Errors in the Use of Inhalers by Health Care Professionals: A Systematic Review  Academic Article
• Establishing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program  Academic Article
• Estimating the price elasticity of expenditure for prescription drugs in the presence of non-linear price schedules: an illustration from Quebec, Canada  Conference Paper
• European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic use in Europe  Academic Article
• 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  Academic Article
• Evidence for underuse of effective medical services around the world  Academic Article
• Evidence-Based Guidelines on the Use of Intravenous Immune Globulin for Hematologic and Neurologic Conditions  Academic Article
• Family practice-friendly guidelines. Anti-infective guidelines (1994-2005).  Academic Article
• From pharmaco-therapy to pharmaco-prevention: trends in prescribing to older adults in Ontario, Canada, 1997-2006  Academic Article
• Gender differences in use of prescription narcotic medications among living kidney donors  Academic Article
• General practitioners' perceptions of antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study.  Academic Article
• Global variations in the prevalence, treatment, and impact of atrial fibrillation in a multi-national cohort of 153 152 middle-aged individuals  Academic Article
• Health care policy evaluation using longitudinal insurance claims data: An application of the Panel Tobit estimator  Conference Paper
• Heterogeneity in the Management and Outcomes of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Heart Failure  Academic Article
• Impact of Antibiotic Administrative Restrictions on Trends in Antibiotic Resistance  Academic Article
• Impact of ENIGMA trials on nitrous oxide: a survey of Canadian anesthesiologists and residents  Academic Article
• Impact of a centralized osteoporosis coordinator on post-fracture osteoporosis management: a cluster randomized trial  Academic Article
• Impact of delisting high‐strength opioid formulations from a public drug benefit formulary on opioid utilization in Ontario, Canada  Academic Article
• Impact of routine in-hospital assessment of low-density lipoprotein levels and standardized orders on statin therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.  Academic Article
• Improving doctors' prescribing behaviour through reflection on guidelines and prescription feedback: a randomised controlled study  Academic Article
• Inappropriate use of antibiotics and Clostridium difficile infection  Academic Article
• Increased risk of mycobacterial infections associated with anti-rheumatic medications  Academic Article
• Infection prevention and control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian acute and long-term care institutions  Academic Article
• Influence of CRP testing and clinical findings on antibiotic prescribing in adults presenting with acute cough in primary care  Academic Article
• Influence of drug safety advisories on drug utilisation: an international interrupted time series and meta-analysis  Academic Article
• Influences on physicians' choices of intravenous colloids  Academic Article
• Insurance coverage and the treatment of mental illness: effect on medication and provider use  Academic Article
• International Prevalence, Recognition, and Treatment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Outpatients With Atherothrombosis  Academic Article
• Intravenous immunoglobulin for severe infections: a survey of Canadian specialists  Academic Article
• Is cimetidine being prescribed indiscriminately? An analytic survey of patients who present with symptoms of peptic ulcer disease.  Academic Article
• Long term benzodiazepine use for insomnia in patients over the age of 60: discordance of patient and physician perceptions  Academic Article
• Management and adherence to VTE treatment guidelines in a national prospective cohort study in the Canadian outpatient setting  Academic Article
• Medications and dosages used in medical assistance in dying: a cross-sectional study  Academic Article
• MedsCheck: an opportunity missed  Academic Article
• Multifaceted intervention to optimize antibiotic use for intra-abdominal infections  Academic Article
• Nitrous Oxide and Serious Morbidity and Mortality in the POISE Trial  Academic Article
• Off-label postpartum use of domperidone in Canada: a multidatabase cohort study  Academic Article
• Off-label use of inhaled tobramycin in Ontario, Canada  Academic Article
• On Becoming 65 in Ontario  Academic Article
• Opioid Utilization and Perception of Pain Control in Hospitalized Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 11 Sites in 8 Countries  Academic Article
• Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use in End-Stage Renal Disease  Academic Article
• Optimizing antibiotics in residents of nursing homes: protocol of a randomized trial  Academic Article
• Optimizing the use of patient data to improve outcomes for patients: narcotics for chronic noncancer pain  Academic Article
• Osteoporosis medication prescribing in British Columbia and Ontario: impact of public drug coverage  Academic Article
• Osteoporosis quality indicators using healthcare utilization data  Academic Article
• Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Large Canadian Cohort: Impact of Chronic Renal Insufficiency, Cardiac Interventions, and Anemia  Conference Paper
• Outcomes of Late-Preterm Infants: A Retrospective, Single-Center, Canadian Study  Academic Article
• 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.  Academic Article
• Paediatric pneumonia or empyema and prior antibiotic use in primary care: a case–control study  Academic Article
• Parents’ perceptions of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance (PAUSE): a qualitative interview study  Academic Article
• Patient presentation and physician management of upper respiratory tract infections: a retrospective review of over 5 million primary clinic consultations in Hong Kong  Academic Article
• Patterns of cardioprotective medication prescription in incident hemodialysis patients  Academic Article
• Physician and Practice Characteristics Associated with the Early Utilization of New Prescription Drugs  Academic Article
• Physician characteristics and prescribing for elderly people in New Brunswick: relation to patient outcomes.  Academic Article
• Pneumonia Observational Incidence and Treatment: A Multidisciplinary Process Improvement Study  Academic Article
• Practice variation on use of antibiotics: An international survey among pediatric urologists  Academic Article
• Prescribing for the elderly in NB.  Academic Article
• Prescription charges.  Academic Article
• Prevalence and Predictors of Antibiotic Use in Community-Based Elderly in Ontario, Canada  Academic Article
• Prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill medical patients: a Franco-Canadian cross-sectional study  Academic Article
• Printed educational messages fail to increase use of thiazides as first-line medication for hypertension in primary care: a cluster randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN72772651]  Academic Article
• Prior antibiotics and risk of antibiotic-resistant community-acquired urinary tract infection: a case–control study  Academic Article
• Prospective study on antibiotics misuse among infants with upper respiratory infections  Academic Article
• Protocol for a double-blind placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of probiotics in reducing antibiotics for infection in care home residents: the Probiotics to Reduce Infections iN CarE home reSidentS (PRINCESS) trial  Academic Article
• Psychotropic Medication Use During Inpatient Rehabilitation for Traumatic Brain Injury  Academic Article
• Rapid increase in statins newly dispensed to Ontario seniors between 1994 and 2000.  Academic Article
• Referrals of Cancer versus Non-Cancer Patients to A Palliative Care Consult Team: Do They Differ?  Academic Article
• Relation between physician characteristics and prescribing for elderly people in New Brunswick.  Academic Article
• Relationship between increasing prescription charges and consumption in groups not exempt from charges.  Academic Article
• Reporting of the estimated glomerular filtration rate was associated with increased use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin-II receptor blockers in CKD  Academic Article
• Results of a randomized controlled trial on statin use in dialysis patients had no influence on statin prescription  Academic Article
• Risk of a New Benzodiazepine Prescription in Relation to Recent Hospitalization  Academic Article
• Sedation, Analgesia, and Anaesthesia Variability in Laboratory-Based Cardiac Procedures: An International Survey  Academic Article
• Sedative Load in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mild–Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease: Longitudinal Relationships with Adverse Events, Delirium and Falls  Academic Article
• Self-perception of fracture risk: what can it tell us?  Academic Article
• Stroke prevention in patients from Latin American countries with non‐valvular atrial fibrillation: Insights from the GARFIELD‐AF registry  Academic Article
• Telling the truth about antibiotics: benefits, harms and moral duty in prescribing for children in primary care  Academic Article
• Temporal Patterns and Predictors of Rate vs Rhythm Control in Patients Attending a Multidisciplinary Atrial Fibrillation Clinic  Academic Article
• Temporal trends and patterns of early clopidogrel use across the spectrum of acute coronary syndromes  Academic Article
• Ten-year experience with pediatric laparoscopic appendectomy—are we getting better?  Academic Article
• The Effect of Universal Influenza Immunization on Antibiotic Prescriptions: An Ecological Study  Academic Article
• The effect of proton pump inhibitors on fracture risk: report from the Canadian Multicenter Osteoporosis Study  Academic Article
• The epidemiology of psychotropic use in the City of São Paulo  Academic Article
• The impact of pharmacotherapy on the treatment of mental illness.  Academic Article
• The incidence and impact of lupus anticoagulants among patients in the intensive care unit.  Academic Article
• The influence of children’s day care on antibiotic seeking: a mixed methods study  Academic Article
• The osteoporosis care gap in Canada  Academic Article
• The risk of infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs: a retrospective, population-based time series analysis  Academic Article
• The use of prophylaxis in 2663 children and adults with haemophilia: results of the 2006 Canadian national haemophilia prophylaxis survey  Academic Article
• Thwarting sore throats.  Academic Article
• Understanding flucloxacillin prescribing trends and treatment non-response in UK primary care: a Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) study  Academic Article
• 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  Academic Article
• Use of Antidepressants Among Elderly Subjects: Trends and Contributing Factors  Academic Article
• Use of anti-asthma drugs in New Zealand.  Academic Article
• Use of co-primary outcomes for trials of antimicrobial stewardship interventions  Academic Article
• 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  Academic Article
• Valuing Knowledge and the Knowledge of Values: Understanding Guideline- Incongruent Prescribing  Academic Article
• Vancomycin use in 2 Ontario tertiary care hospitals: a survey.  Conference Paper
• Variation in outpatient antibiotic use in three European countries: exploration of possible determinants  Academic Article
• Warfarin use in atrial fibrillation: A random sample survey of family physician beliefs and preferences.  Academic Article
• Why are antibiotics prescribed for asymptomatic bacteriuria in institutionalized elderly people? A qualitative study of physicians' and nurses' perceptions.  Academic Article
• [Drug prescription to 4-year-old children in the county of Vestfold].  Academic Article