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Otitis Media-related Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns, Outcomes, and Expenditures in a Pediatric Medicaid Population by Berman, Stephen, Byrns, Patricia J, Bondy, Jessica, Smith, Pamela J, Lezotte, Dennis

“…Treatment of otitis media is the most frequent reason for administering antibiotics to children in the United States. However, only limited data are available…”
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Surgical Management of Uncomplicated Otitis Media in a Pediatric Medicaid Population by Berman, Stephen, Byrns, Patricia J., Bondy, Jessica, Lezotte, Dennis

“…The objective of this study was to document the frequency and timing of otitis media—related visits, audiological consultations, and surgical interventions…”
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Prescription to over-the-counter switches: the physician perspective by Byrns, Patricia J.

“…Changes in a drug's availability from prescription only to over-the-counter (OTC) status is of concern to physicians from both public health and individual…”
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The influence of having an assigned medicaid primary care physician on utilization of otitis media-related services by BERMAN, S, BONDY, J, LEZOTTE, D, STONE, B, BYRNS, J

“…This study documents the influence of having an assigned Medicaid primary care physician (PCP) on the utilization of otitis media-related services. This is a…”
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Direct Cost Analyses of Palivizumab Treatment in a Cohort of At-Risk Children: Evidence From the North Carolina Medicaid Program by Wegner, Steven, Vann, Julie Jacobson, Liu, Gordon, Byrns, Patricia, Cypra, Clement, Campbell, William, Stiles, Alan

“…Use of palivizumab prophylactic therapy reduces the occurrence of hospitalizations for serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract…”
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Pharmacists as agents of change for rational drug therapy by Lipton, H L, Byrns, P J, Soumerai, S B, Chrischilles, E A

“…We analyze what is known and unknown about the contribution of the pharmacist as patient educator, physician consultant, and agent to affect patient outcomes…”
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Carpe datum ... carpe diem by Byrns, P J

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Adverse Drug Reactions: Getting Information Back From medWatch by Vogt, Cheryl L, Byrns, Patricia J

“…To the Editor.—The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) MEDWATCH program represents a major advance in postmarketing surveillance.1,2 In order to sustain and…”
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Utilization of services for otitis media by children enrolled in Medicaid by Byrns, P J, Bondy, J, Glazner, J E, Berman, S

“…To provide population-based information about the utilization of ambulatory visits, antibiotic prescriptions, and surgical procedures related to the diagnosis…”
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Prescription to over-the-counter switches : The physician perspective: Assuring the safe use of medications: the drug approval process and improving treatment decisions by BYRNS, P. J

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The effect of expanding Medicaid prenatal services on birth outcomes by Baldwin, L M, Larson, E H, Connell, F A, Nordlund, D, Cain, K C, Cawthon, M L, Byrns, P, Rosenblatt, R A

“…Over 80% of US states have implemented expansions in prenatal services for Medicaid-enrolled women, including case management, nutritional and psychosocial…”
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'Z-Pak' vs Ice Pack: Need for Clarity and Continuous Quality Assurance-Reply by Byrns, Patricia, Cranston, Joseph

“…The experience of this patient highlights the types of medication errors that occur even when the right drug is chosen and ordered for a patient. The United…”
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Internet health ratings systems: knowledge vs Babel by Rippen, H E, Guard, R, Kragen, M, Byrns, P, Silber, D, Buckovich, S

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Internet health ratings systems: knowledge vs Babel by Clarke, H F

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Changing prescribing patterns and increasing prescription expenditures in Medicaid by Fink, Kenneth S, Byrns, Patricia J

“…Prescription drug expenditures are the most rapidly growing component of total health care expenditures and particularly affect state Medicaid programs. We…”
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Restricting patients' medication supply to one month: saving or wasting money? by Domino, ME, Olinick, J, Sleath, B, Leinwand, S, Byrns, PJ, Carey, T

“…A state Medicaid program's pharmacy expenditures associated with dispensing one- and three-month supplies of drugs were examined. We simulated the effect of a…”
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Finding temporal patterns--a set-based approach by Wade, T D, Byrns, P J, Steiner, J F, Bondy, J

“…We created an inference engine and query language for expressing temporal patterns in data. The patterns are represented by using temporally-ordered sets of…”
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Is the Crisis in Clinical Research Being Effectively Addressed? by Byrns, Patricia J., Orringer, Eugene P.

“…The infrastructure support committed to the training of the next generation of patient-oriented researchers has never been better. Because of the apparent…”
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