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Stephen B Soumerai

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1 Systematic review: the relationship between clinical experience and quality of health care. Ann Intern Med 2005 12.70
2 Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part D. JAMA 2008 4.74
3 Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med 2012 4.19
4 Outcomes of reference pricing for angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors. N Engl J Med 2002 4.07
5 Patients at-risk for cost-related medication nonadherence: a review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med 2007 3.34
6 Emergency department use and subsequent hospitalizations among members of a high-deductible health plan. JAMA 2007 3.30
7 Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study. BMJ 2011 3.29
8 Cancer screening before and after switching to a high-deductible health plan. Ann Intern Med 2008 2.80
9 Impact of adverse events on prescribing warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: matched pair analysis. BMJ 2006 2.71
10 Potential bias of instrumental variable analyses for observational comparative effectiveness research. Ann Intern Med 2014 2.63
11 Costs and consequences of direct-to-consumer advertising for clopidogrel in Medicaid. Arch Intern Med 2009 2.54
12 Effects of a law against early postpartum discharge on newborn follow-up, adverse events, and HMO expenditures. N Engl J Med 2002 2.41
13 Effect of increased cost-sharing on oral hypoglycemic use in five managed care organizations: how much is too much? Med Care 2005 2.33
14 Do newer prescription drugs pay for themselves? A reassessment of the evidence. Health Aff (Millwood) 2007 2.27
15 Effect of New York State regulatory action on benzodiazepine prescribing and hip fracture rates. Ann Intern Med 2007 2.27
16 Relationship between patient medication adherence and subsequent clinical inertia in type 2 diabetes glycemic management. Diabetes Care 2007 2.22
17 Failure of automated telephone outreach with speech recognition to improve colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 2010 2.21
18 Cost-related medication nonadherence in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 2013 2.17
19 How to design computerized alerts to safe prescribing practices. Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2004 2.11
20 Methods for estimating confidence intervals in interrupted time series analyses of health interventions. J Clin Epidemiol 2008 2.09
21 Effect of illicit direct to consumer advertising on use of etanercept, mometasone, and tegaserod in Canada: controlled longitudinal study. BMJ 2008 2.01
22 A critical review of methods to evaluate the impact of FDA regulatory actions. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2013 2.00
23 Impact of reference-based pricing for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on drug utilization. CMAJ 2002 1.99
24 The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted time series evaluation. Arch Intern Med 2006 1.91
25 Benzodiazepine use and hip fractures in the elderly: who is at greatest risk? Arch Intern Med 2004 1.86
26 Medicare part D's exclusion of benzodiazepines and fracture risk in nursing homes. Arch Intern Med 2010 1.86
27 New Jersey's efforts to improve postpartum depression care did not change treatment patterns for women on medicaid. Health Aff (Millwood) 2011 1.83
28 FDA drug prescribing warnings: is the black box half empty or half full? Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2006 1.83
29 Unintended impacts of a Medicaid prior authorization policy on access to medications for bipolar illness. Med Care 2010 1.74
30 Nearly half of families in high-deductible health plans whose members have chronic conditions face substantial financial burden. Health Aff (Millwood) 2011 1.71
31 Reducing warfarin medication interactions: an interrupted time series evaluation. Arch Intern Med 2006 1.67
32 Medicaid prior authorization and controlled-release oxycodone. Med Care 2008 1.61
33 Effect of switching antipsychotics on antiparkinsonian medication use in schizophrenia: population-based study. Br J Psychiatry 2005 1.60
34 Racial differences in impact of coverage on diabetes self-monitoring in a health maintenance organization. Med Care 2006 1.56
35 Impact of a 16-community trial to promote judicious antibiotic use in Massachusetts. Pediatrics 2008 1.55
36 Medication adherence and racial differences in A1C control. Diabetes Care 2008 1.53
37 Synergy between publication and promotion: comparing adoption of new evidence in Canada and the United States. Am J Med 2003 1.50
38 Clinical and economic consequences of reference pricing for dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2003 1.49
39 Intended and unintended consequences of the gabapentin off-label marketing lawsuit among patients with bipolar disorder. J Clin Psychiatry 2012 1.48
40 Cost-related medication nonadherence after implementation of Medicare Part D, 2006-2007. JAMA 2009 1.48
41 Net health plan savings from reference pricing for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in elderly British Columbia residents. Med Care 2004 1.47
42 Changing medication use in managed care: a critical review of the available evidence. Am J Manag Care 2003 1.46
43 The exclusion of benzodiazepine coverage in medicare: simple steps for avoiding a public health crisis. Psychiatr Serv 2005 1.43
44 Did Medicare Part D Affect National Trends in Health Outcomes or Hospitalizations? A Time-Series Analysis. Ann Intern Med 2015 1.42
45 Interventions designed to improve the quality and efficiency of medication use in managed care: a critical review of the literature - 2001-2007. BMC Health Serv Res 2008 1.42
46 Warfarin prescribing in atrial fibrillation: the impact of physician, patient, and hospital characteristics. Am J Med 2006 1.40
47 Computerized prescribing alerts and group academic detailing to reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006 1.40
48 A longitudinal study of medication nonadherence and hospitalization risk in schizophrenia. J Clin Psychiatry 2008 1.39
49 Improved therapeutic monitoring with several interventions: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med 2006 1.37
50 Racial differences in long-term adherence to oral antidiabetic drug therapy: a longitudinal cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res 2009 1.33
51 A multisite randomized trial of the effects of physician education and organizational change in chronic-asthma care: health outcomes of the Pediatric Asthma Care Patient Outcomes Research Team II Study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2004 1.30
52 Strategies for coping in a complex world: adherence behavior among older adults with chronic illness. J Gen Intern Med 2007 1.28
53 Group versus individual academic detailing to improve the use of antihypertensive medications in primary care: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Am J Med 2005 1.28
54 The unhealthy state of health policy research. Health Aff (Millwood) 2009 1.26
55 A controlled study of the effects of state surveillance on indicators of problematic and non-problematic benzodiazepine use in a Medicaid population. Int J Psychiatry Med 2004 1.24
56 Prior authorization for antidepressants in Medicaid: effects among disabled dual enrollees. Arch Intern Med 2009 1.23
57 Potentially inappropriate medication use by elderly persons in U.S. Health Maintenance Organizations, 2000-2001. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005 1.22
58 Medicare part D and changes in prescription drug use and cost burden: national estimates for the Medicare population, 2000 to 2007. Med Care 2011 1.21
59 Medicare beneficiaries and free prescription drug samples: a national survey. J Gen Intern Med 2008 1.18
60 Reliability of new measures of cost-related medication nonadherence. Med Care 2008 1.17
61 A retrospective data analysis of the impact of the New York triplicate prescription program on benzodiazepine use in medicaid patients with chronic psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Clin Ther 2004 1.16
62 Depression and cost-related medication nonadherence in Medicare beneficiaries. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2007 1.15
63 Antibiotic use following a Korean national policy to prohibit medication dispensing by physicians. Health Policy Plan 2005 1.15
64 Barriers to self-monitoring of blood glucose among adults with diabetes in an HMO: a cross sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res 2003 1.14
65 Nursing home residents and enrollment in Medicare Part D. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009 1.14
66 Benefits and consequences for the poor and the disabled. N Engl J Med 2005 1.14
67 Why most interventions to improve physician prescribing do not seem to work. CMAJ 2003 1.12
68 Two-year trends in colorectal cancer screening after switch to a high-deductible health plan. Med Care 2011 1.12
69 Personal health records and medical care use. JAMA 2013 1.11
70 The experience of Massachusetts shows that consumers will need help in navigating insurance exchanges. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 1.10
71 Prescription duration after drug copay changes in older people: methodological aspects. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002 1.09
72 Effects of prior authorization on medication discontinuation among Medicaid beneficiaries with bipolar disorder. Psychiatr Serv 2009 1.09
73 Effect of prior authorization of second-generation antipsychotic agents on pharmacy utilization and reimbursements. Psychiatr Serv 2008 1.09
74 A randomized trial of direct-to-patient communication to enhance adherence to beta-blocker therapy following myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med 2008 1.09
75 Quasi-experimental longitudinal designs to evaluate drug benefit policy changes with low policy compliance. J Clin Epidemiol 2002 1.07
76 How complete are E-codes in commercial plan claims databases? Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2014 1.03
77 Physician alerts to increase antidepressant adherence: fax or fiction? Arch Intern Med 2006 1.02
78 Effects of state surveillance on new post-hospitalization benzodiazepine use. Int J Qual Health Care 2003 1.01
79 Practice-level effects of interventions to improve asthma care in primary care settings: the Pediatric Asthma Care Patient Outcomes Research Team. Health Serv Res 2005 1.00
80 Low-socioeconomic-status enrollees in high-deductible plans reduced high-severity emergency care. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 0.99
81 Delayed and forgone care for families with chronic conditions in high-deductible health plans. J Gen Intern Med 2012 0.99
82 Impact of a health maintenance organization hospitalist system in academic pediatrics. Pediatrics 2002 0.98
83 Primary adherence to controller medications for asthma is poor. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2015 0.98
84 Out-of-pocket burden of health care spending and the adequacy of the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy. Med Care 2010 0.98
85 Racial differences in long-term self-monitoring practice among newly drug-treated diabetes patients in an HMO. J Gen Intern Med 2007 0.97
86 Cost-related medication nonadherence among beneficiaries with depression following Medicare Part D. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2009 0.97
87 Cost-related medication nonadherence and cost-saving strategies used by elderly Medicare cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv 2011 0.96
88 Association between prior authorization for medications and health service use by Medicaid patients with bipolar disorder. Psychiatr Serv 2011 0.95
89 Some families who purchased health coverage through the Massachusetts Connector wound up with high financial burdens. Health Aff (Millwood) 2013 0.95
90 Provider and patient characteristics associated with antidepressant nonadherence: the impact of provider specialty. J Clin Psychiatry 2007 0.94
91 Economic analysis of a randomized trial of academic detailing interventions to improve use of antihypertensive medications. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2007 0.93
92 Length-of-stay policies and ascertainment of postdischarge problems in newborns. Pediatrics 2004 0.92
93 Physician gender and changes in drug prescribing after the implementation of reference pricing in British Columbia. Clin Ther 2003 0.91
94 Impact of prior authorization on the use and costs of lipid-lowering medications among Michigan and Indiana dual enrollees in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based study. Clin Ther 2011 0.91
95 Interrupted time-series analysis yielded an effect estimate concordant with the cluster-randomized controlled trial result. J Clin Epidemiol 2013 0.90
96 Reference drug pricing. CMAJ 2002 0.90
97 Impact of two Medicaid prior-authorization policies on antihypertensive use and costs among Michigan and Indiana residents dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based study. Clin Ther 2010 0.89
98 Health care payments in the Asia Pacific: validation of five survey measures of economic burden. Int J Equity Health 2013 0.89
99 Improving laboratory monitoring of medications: an economic analysis alongside a clinical trial. Am J Manag Care 2009 0.88
100 Chronic acid-related disorders are common and underinvestigated. Am J Gastroenterol 2003 0.88
101 High-deductible insurance: two-year emergency department and hospital use. Am J Manag Care 2011 0.88
102 Use of well-child visits in high-deductible health plans. Am J Manag Care 2010 0.88
103 The relationship between emergency department use and cost-related medication nonadherence among Medicare beneficiaries. Ann Emerg Med 2013 0.87
104 Impact of Medicare's payment policy on mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2013 0.86
105 Two-year trends in cancer screening among low socioeconomic status women in an HMO-based high-deductible health plan. J Gen Intern Med 2012 0.86
106 Academic detailing to improve laboratory testing among outpatient medication users. Med Care 2007 0.85
107 High-deductible health plans: are vulnerable families enrolled? Pediatrics 2009 0.85
108 Effect of switching to a high-deductible health plan on use of chronic medications. Health Serv Res 2011 0.85
109 Failure of Internet-based audit and feedback to improve quality of care delivered by primary care residents. Int J Qual Health Care 2005 0.85
110 High-deductible health plans and costs and utilization of maternity care. Am J Manag Care 2011 0.84
111 Is Customization in Antidepressant Prescribing Associated with Acute-Phase Treatment Adherence? J Pharm Health Serv Res 2011 0.84
112 Cost-effectiveness of schizophrenia pharmacotherapy. Am J Psychiatry 2007 0.84
113 Impact of a high-deductible health plan on outpatient visits and associated diagnostic tests. Med Care 2014 0.83
114 Electronic health records and quality of diabetes care. N Engl J Med 2011 0.82
115 Impact of electronic health record transition on behavioral health screening in a large pediatric practice. Psychiatr Serv 2012 0.82
116 Changes in use of lipid-lowering medications among black and white dual enrollees with diabetes transitioning from Medicaid to Medicare Part D drug coverage. Med Care 2014 0.81
117 Instrumental variable analyses for observational comparative effectiveness research: the paired availability design. Ann Intern Med 2014 0.80
118 Effects of Medicare Part D on guideline-concordant pharmacotherapy for bipolar I disorder among dual beneficiaries. Psychiatr Serv 2014 0.79
119 Impact of a hospitalist system on length of stay and cost for children with common conditions. Pediatrics 2007 0.79
120 Does antidepressant adherence have an effect on glycemic control among diabetic antidepressant users? Int J Psychiatry Med 2004 0.77
121 Improving diabetes care among patients overdue for recommended testing: a randomized controlled trial of automated telephone outreach. Diabetes Care 2010 0.76
122 Persistent medication affordability problems among disabled Medicare beneficiaries after Part D, 2006-2011. Med Care 2014 0.75
123 Response to the letter by Mol. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2014 0.75
124 Caution in generalizing Part D results to Medicare population. Arch Intern Med 2011 0.75
125 Uninsurance and its correlates among poor adults with disabilities. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2012 0.75
126 Nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med 2013 0.75
127 Serious methodological flaws compromise study findings. BMJ 2011 0.75
128 The Effects of the Transition From Medicaid to Medicare on Health Care Use for Adults With Mental Illness. Med Care 2016 0.75
129 Outcomes of Basic Versus Advanced Life Support for Out-of-Hospital Medical Emergencies. Ann Intern Med 2016 0.75
130 Evidence needed before action. Health Aff (Millwood) 2003 0.75
131 Effects on breastfeeding of changes in maternity length-of-stay policy in a large health maintenance organization. Pediatrics 2003 0.75
132 Cures for an ailing system. Newsweek 2007 0.75