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Just Published: Utilization of Generic Cardiovascular Drugs in Medicare's Part D Program
ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1… #AHAJournals @beccatis @hospitaliris @dvail
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How to link drug spending to value when value data aren't there? Much Medicare Part D spending goes to drugs with poor quality cost-effectiveness data-or none at all ja.ma/3gF5M8E
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Authors @ByersEye @StanfordMed report large, multi-center retrospective cohort study of commercially insured patients: 227,325 patients with interstitial cystitis (for which pentosan polysulfate sodium may be prescribed) who were continuously enrolled in the MarketScan database.
In a large, commercial claims database analysis no association was found between pentosan polysulfate sodium exposure and subsequent diagnosis of maculopathy ow.ly/jrOY50x7Gi5
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Awesome RCT by Finkelstein et al. in @NEJM
A popular "Hot-Spotting" (care transition) program for high-need patients *did not* ↓ readmissions
This is exactly why programs we *believe* will work should be rigorously evaluated before widespread use
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
In this paper we explore the ways that management of an ophthalmic emergency varies by the day of the week that it’s diagnosed. With @carolynkpan @eyeamprithvi and Suzann Pershing
Management of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair associated with the day of the week they are diagnosed and repaired ja.ma/2LZfMdg