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Volume 3 (2007), Issue 4 (April)

1. Refill adherence for patients with asthma and COPD: comparison of a pharmacy record database with manually collected repeat prescriptions.
   Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(4): 441-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Studying co-medication patterns: the impact of definitions.
   Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(4): 405-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Therapeutic profile of orphan medicines.
   Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(4): 435-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Pharmacists' attitudes towards the reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions in Norway.
   Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(4): 429-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Clinical interest: a study of the influence on general practitioners' prescribing.
   Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 16(4): 458-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Accounting for restart rates in evaluating persistence with ocular hypotensives.
   Ophthalmology, 114(4): 648-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Efficacy of a pill-swallowing training intervention to improve antiretroviral medication adherence in pediatric patients with HIV/AIDS.
   Pediatrics, 119(4): e893-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Impact of publicity concerning pediatric suicidality data on physician practice patterns in the United States.
   Arch Gen Psychiatry, 64(4): 466-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Parental knowledge about antibiotic use: results of a cluster-randomized, multicommunity intervention.
   Pediatrics, 119(4): 698-706. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Medication beliefs as mediators of the health literacy-antiretroviral adherence relationship in HIV-infected individuals.
    AIDS Behav, 11(3): 385-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Syringe disposal among injection drug users in Harlem and the Bronx during the New York State Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program.
    Health Educ Behav, 34(2): 390-403. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Minimizing costs for treating deep vein thrombosis: the role for fondaparinux.
    J Thromb Thrombolysis, 23(3): 229-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. 13C-erythromycin breath test as a noninvasive measure of CYP3A activity in newborn infants: a pilot study.
    Ther Drug Monit, 29(2): 225-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Effect of two work practice changes on the microbial contamination rates of pharmacy-compounded sterile preparations.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(8): 837-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Pharmacists versus nonpharmacists in adverse drug event detection: a meta-analysis and systematic review.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(8): 842-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Self-reported information and pharmacy claims were comparable for lipid-lowering medication exposure.
    J Clin Epidemiol, 60(5): 525-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Low agreement was found between pharmacy data and physician reported use of hospital-administered antenatal corticosteroids.
    J Clin Epidemiol, 60(5): 512-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections in symptomatic clients of pharmacies in Lima, Peru.
    Sex Transm Infect, 83(2): 142-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. The costs and consequences of multiple sclerosis relapses: a managed care perspective.
    J Neurol Sci, 256: S39-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Impact of a continuing education program on community pharmacists' interventions and asthma medication use: a pilot study.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(4): 574-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Pharmaceutical care in community pharmacies: practice and research in Denmark.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(4): 681-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Hospital policies for treatment of acute decompensated heart failure.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(4): 562-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Use of electronic health records in disaster response: the experience of Department of Veterans Affairs after Hurricane Katrina.
    Am J Public Health, 97: S136-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients.
    J Natl Cancer Inst, 99(8): 592-600. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention (full review).
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Prospective comparison of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections in hospitalized patients.
    J Infect, 54(5): 427-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Pharmacist workload and pharmacy characteristics associated with the dispensing of potentially clinically important drug-drug interactions.
    Med Care, 45(5): 456-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Diagnosis and management of malaria by rural community health providers in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos).
    Trop Med Int Health, 12(4): 540-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Topiramate in migraine prophylaxis: long-term impact on resource utilization and cost.
    Headache, 47(4): 500-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Current trends in pharmacy benefit designs: a threat to disease management in chronic complex diseases.
    Dis Manag, 10(2): 74-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Convenient care clinics: the future of accessible health care.
    Dis Manag, 10(2): 61-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. The MEDMAN study: a randomized controlled trial of community pharmacy-led medicines management for patients with coronary heart disease.
    Fam Pract, 24(2): 189-200. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Estimation of the period prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease among nine health plans using computerized diagnoses and outpatient pharmacy dispensings.
    Inflamm Bowel Dis, 13(4): 451-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Trends in medication treatment for ADHD.
    J Atten Disord, 10(4): 335-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Variations in captopril formulations used to treat children with heart failure: a survey in the United kingdom.
    Arch Dis Child, 92(5): 409-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Use of an innovative design mobile hospital in the medical response to Hurricane Katrina.
    Ann Emerg Med, 49(5): 580-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Cost-benefit analysis of a hospital pharmacy bar code solution.
    Arch Intern Med, 167(8): 788-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Utilization and expenditures of veterans obtaining primary care in community clinics and VA medical centers: an observational cohort study.
    BMC Health Serv Res, 7: 56. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Clinical findings in patients with topical anaesthetic abuse keratitis: a report of five cases.
    Klin Monatsbl Augenheilkd, 224(4): 303-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Hospital "self-prophylaxis": strategies for efficient protection of the workforce in the face of infectious disease threats.
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28(5): 618-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Antidepressants: prevalence of duplicate therapy and avoidable drug interactions in Australian veterans.
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 41(4): 366-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Development and reliability testing of the clinical pharmacist recommendation taxonomy.
    Pharmacotherapy, 27(5): 639-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Androgenicity of progestins in hormonal contraceptives and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.
    Diabetes Care, 30(5): 1062-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Developing the future of pharmacy through health-system pharmacy internship programs.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(9): 952-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Stepwise approach to implementing ambulatory clinical pharmacy services.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(9): 945-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Association between hospital size and pharmacy department productivity.
    Am J Health Syst Pharm, 64(9): 937-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. An association between negatively biased response to neutral stimuli and antidepressant nonadherence.
    J Psychosom Res, 62(5): 535-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Home-based medication review in a high risk elderly population in primary care--the POLYMED randomised controlled trial.
    Age Ageing, 36(3): 292-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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