Published in Health Policy Plan on July 06, 2005
Non-prescription antimicrobial use worldwide: a systematic review. Lancet Infect Dis (2011) 3.54
Antimicrobial resistance determinants and future control. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 2.36
Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp.: increasingly problematic nosocomial pathogens. Yonsei Med J (2011) 1.29
Antibiotic sales in rural and urban pharmacies in northern Vietnam: an observational study. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol (2014) 1.19
WHO essential medicines policies and use in developing and transitional countries: an analysis of reported policy implementation and medicines use surveys. PLoS Med (2014) 1.12
Antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in the Asia-Pacific region: A brief review. Malays Fam Physician (2014) 1.09
Assessing the impact of national antibiotic campaigns in Europe. Eur J Health Econ (2012) 0.95
Antimicrobial agents - optimising the ecological balance. BMC Med (2016) 0.88
The Impact of WHO Essential Medicines Policies on Inappropriate Use of Antibiotics. PLoS One (2016) 0.80
Exploration of over the counter sales of antibiotics in community pharmacies of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: pharmacy professionals' perspective. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control (2016) 0.79
Effects of the expansion of doctors' offices adjacent to private pharmacies in Mexico: secondary data analysis of a national survey. BMJ Open (2014) 0.75
The healer or the druggist: effects of two health care policies in Taiwan on elderly patients' choice between physician and pharmacist services. Int J Health Care Finance Econ (2009) 0.75
Systematic review: the relationship between clinical experience and quality of health care. Ann Intern Med (2005) 12.70
The prevalence and geographic distribution of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in the United States. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2007) 6.19
Prescription drug use in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2004) 4.92
Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part D. JAMA (2008) 4.74
Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.19
Outcomes of reference pricing for angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors. N Engl J Med (2002) 4.07
Emergence of 19A as virulent and multidrug resistant Pneumococcus in Massachusetts following universal immunization of infants with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2007) 3.99
Cost-related medication nonadherence among elderly and disabled medicare beneficiaries: a national survey 1 year before the medicare drug benefit. Arch Intern Med (2006) 3.96
Direct health care costs of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in US children and adults. Gastroenterology (2008) 3.79
Post-PCV7 changes in colonizing pneumococcal serotypes in 16 Massachusetts communities, 2001 and 2004. Pediatrics (2005) 3.42
Patients at-risk for cost-related medication nonadherence: a review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 3.34
Continued impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on carriage in young children. Pediatrics (2009) 3.32
Emergency department use and subsequent hospitalizations among members of a high-deductible health plan. JAMA (2007) 3.30
Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study. BMJ (2011) 3.29
Cancer screening before and after switching to a high-deductible health plan. Ann Intern Med (2008) 2.80
Impact of adverse events on prescribing warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: matched pair analysis. BMJ (2006) 2.71
Potential bias of instrumental variable analyses for observational comparative effectiveness research. Ann Intern Med (2014) 2.63
Population genomics of post-vaccine changes in pneumococcal epidemiology. Nat Genet (2013) 2.63
Costs and consequences of direct-to-consumer advertising for clopidogrel in Medicaid. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.54
Racial/ethnic variation in asthma status and management practices among children in managed medicaid. Pediatrics (2002) 2.54
Advancing the science of patient safety. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.45
Effects of a law against early postpartum discharge on newborn follow-up, adverse events, and HMO expenditures. N Engl J Med (2002) 2.41
Effect of quality improvement on racial disparities in diabetes care. Arch Intern Med (2006) 2.36
Increase in the prevalence of the newly discovered pneumococcal serotype 6C in the nasopharynx after introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. J Infect Dis (2009) 2.36
Effect of increased cost-sharing on oral hypoglycemic use in five managed care organizations: how much is too much? Med Care (2005) 2.33
Trends and geographic variation of opiate medication use in state Medicaid fee-for-service programs, 1996 to 2002. Med Care (2006) 2.28
Do newer prescription drugs pay for themselves? A reassessment of the evidence. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 2.27
Effect of New York State regulatory action on benzodiazepine prescribing and hip fracture rates. Ann Intern Med (2007) 2.27
Access to care and medicines, burden of health care expenditures, and risk protection: results from the World Health Survey. Health Policy (2010) 2.25
Relationship between patient medication adherence and subsequent clinical inertia in type 2 diabetes glycemic management. Diabetes Care (2007) 2.22
Failure of automated telephone outreach with speech recognition to improve colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.21
Elevated rates of diabetes in Pacific Islanders and Asian subgroups: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Diabetes Care (2012) 2.20
Cost-related medication nonadherence in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol (2013) 2.17
Effect of a pediatric hospitalist system on housestaff education and experience. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2002) 2.15
Incidence and mortality following hip fracture in Korea. J Korean Med Sci (2011) 2.11
How to design computerized alerts to safe prescribing practices. Jt Comm J Qual Saf (2004) 2.11
Methods for estimating confidence intervals in interrupted time series analyses of health interventions. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 2.09
Healthcare utilization and cost of pneumococcal disease in the United States. Vaccine (2011) 2.03
Effect of illicit direct to consumer advertising on use of etanercept, mometasone, and tegaserod in Canada: controlled longitudinal study. BMJ (2008) 2.01
Preparing medical students for the continual improvement of health and health care: Abraham Flexner and the new "public interest". Acad Med (2010) 2.00
A critical review of methods to evaluate the impact of FDA regulatory actions. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2013) 2.00
Diversity and antibiotic resistance among nonvaccine serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage isolates in the post-heptavalent conjugate vaccine era. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.99
Impact of reference-based pricing for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on drug utilization. CMAJ (2002) 1.99
Race differences in long-term diabetes management in an HMO. Diabetes Care (2005) 1.98
Modeling community- and individual-level effects of child-care center attendance on pneumococcal carriage. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 1.91
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
Antibiotic treatment of children with sore throat. JAMA (2005) 1.90
The incidence and residual lifetime risk of osteoporosis-related fractures in Korea. J Bone Miner Metab (2011) 1.88
The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now. Ann Intern Med (2013) 1.87
Benzodiazepine use and hip fractures in the elderly: who is at greatest risk? Arch Intern Med (2004) 1.86
Medicare part D's exclusion of benzodiazepines and fracture risk in nursing homes. Arch Intern Med (2010) 1.86
New Jersey's efforts to improve postpartum depression care did not change treatment patterns for women on medicaid. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 1.83
FDA drug prescribing warnings: is the black box half empty or half full? Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2006) 1.83
Medical education for a healthier population: reflections on the Flexner Report from a public health perspective. Acad Med (2010) 1.80
The effect of hospital volume of pediatric appendectomies on the misdiagnosis of appendicitis in children. Pediatrics (2004) 1.76
Unintended impacts of a Medicaid prior authorization policy on access to medications for bipolar illness. Med Care (2010) 1.74
Use of prescription medications with a potential for fetal harm among pregnant women. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2006) 1.73
Effects of race, insurance status, and hospital volume on perforated appendicitis in children. Pediatrics (2005) 1.73
Availability and use of essential medicines in China: manufacturing, supply, and prescribing in Shandong and Gansu provinces. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 1.73
Evidence that pneumococcal serotype replacement in Massachusetts following conjugate vaccination is now complete. Epidemics (2010) 1.72
Nearly half of families in high-deductible health plans whose members have chronic conditions face substantial financial burden. Health Aff (Millwood) (2011) 1.71
Effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: cause for concern in the old-old. Arch Intern Med (2002) 1.70
Reducing warfarin medication interactions: an interrupted time series evaluation. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.67
A multisite randomized trial of the effects of physician education and organizational change in chronic asthma care: cost-effectiveness analysis of the Pediatric Asthma Care Patient Outcomes Research Team II (PAC-PORT II). Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2005) 1.63
A randomized, controlled trial of a multifaceted intervention including alcohol-based hand sanitizer and hand-hygiene education to reduce illness transmission in the home. Pediatrics (2005) 1.62
Medicaid prior authorization and controlled-release oxycodone. Med Care (2008) 1.61
Effect of switching antipsychotics on antiparkinsonian medication use in schizophrenia: population-based study. Br J Psychiatry (2005) 1.60
Impact of insurance and supply of health professionals on coverage of treatment for hypertension in Mexico: population based study. BMJ (2007) 1.60
Resource costs for asthma-related care among pediatric patients in managed care. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol (2003) 1.57
Racial differences in impact of coverage on diabetes self-monitoring in a health maintenance organization. Med Care (2006) 1.56
Impact of a 16-community trial to promote judicious antibiotic use in Massachusetts. Pediatrics (2008) 1.55
Pediatricians' self-reported clinical practices and adherence to national immunization guidelines after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2004) 1.54
Medication adherence and racial differences in A1C control. Diabetes Care (2008) 1.53