Recently added articles from Managed Care Interface:
The effect of recombinant activated factor VII in the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage on health plan budgets.(Health Economics)
Nov 01, 2006; ... Treating patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) using recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) has been found to improve survival and functional outcome. To examine how the introduction of rFVIIa 80 [micro]g/kg as a treatment for ICH affects the budget of a health plan, a ...
Going 15 rounds with "the devil".(William McGuire, UnitedHealth Group Inc.)(Editorial)
Nov 01, 2006; ... Standing before the United Nations' General Assembly on September 20 of this year, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez did himself no favors in diplomatic circles as he repeatedly referred to our country's Chief Executive as "the devil." He said, "It smells of sulfur still today, this table ...
Formulary implications of management of pulmonary arterial hypertension: part I--an overview of existing and new pharmacological treatment options.(CLINICAL interface)
Nov 01, 2006; ... Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) represents a significant challenge to physicians, particularly because of its etiology and nonspecific presentation. Unfortunately, the majority of patients are not diagnosed until the condition is at an advanced stage. In this two-part White Paper ...
The economic effect of switching from sildenafil to another phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor.(Health Economics)
Nov 01, 2006; ... Patients who could benefit from additional education about treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED) may prematurely discontinue or switch ED medications, resulting in unnecessary resource utilization. In a retrospective cohort study using a large, aggregated health claims database, the ...
Medical tourism: a role in disease management?(DISEASE management)(Viewpoint essay)
Nov 01, 2006; ... Medical tourism occurs when patients travel to other countries for medical or dental care. I have heard about medical tourism for years but never gave it much thought, believing that most medical tourism was related to cosmetic surgery. After some browsing on the Internet, I found a highly ...
The effect of formularies on prescribing beyond the health plan.(PHARMACY practice)
Nov 01, 2006; ... In markets that are highly penetrated by managed health care plans, a clinician's prescribing habits may be subject to multiple drug formularies. Some may be restrictive formularies, whereas others may be of the less-restrictive, or open variety, but relatively little literature exists ...
A message from the new president.(The P&T Society)(Pharmacy and Therapeutics Society)
Nov 01, 2006; ... This is the first letter I am writing to you as the newly elected president of The Pharmacy & Therapeutics Society. At our recent sixth annual conference held in October in Washington, DC, I was honored to have been chosen by my colleagues to serve the membership for the coming year. The ...
Is managed care education for new nurses adequate?
Nov 01, 2006; ... Nursing practices have been affected by managed care at all levels, from nursing administration to direct patient care, causing one to ask if new practicing nurses receive adequate managed care education. A search of the literature published between 1982 and February 2006 was conducted ...
Spillover effects of restrictive drug formularies in the statin class: a descriptive study of the Medicaid preferred drug list in Texas.(PHARMACY practice)
Nov 01, 2006; ... This study examines whether the implementation of Texas' Medicaid preferred drug list (PDL) influenced, or had a spillover effect, on the prescribing of statin products for non-Medicaid patients. Simvastatin and pravastatin were on the PDL, but atorvastatin was not. Physicians in Texas ...