Jacqueline S. Gardner

The association between 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl conenzyme a inhibitor use and breast carcinoma risk among postmenopausal women: A case-control study

Statin use has increased dramatically in the U.S. in the past decade. Animal and mechanistic studies suggested that statins may have an inhibitory effect on cancer proliferation, including breast carcinoma. However, statins have been found to be carcinogenic in rodents and one clinical trial found an excess of breast carcinoma cases in the treatment group.

Tramadol and seizures : A surveillance study in a managed care population

Study Objective. To investigate the occurrence of tramadol‐associated seizures.

Modeling the cost and outcomes of pharmacist-prescribed emergency contraception.

OBJECTIVES This study investigated the effect on the risk and cost of unintended pregnancies of emergency contraceptive pills obtained directly from a pharmacist. METHODS We used a decision model to compare outcomes for private and public payers following unprotected intercourse from. RESULTS Obtaining emergency contraceptive pills from a pharmacy, compared with obtaining them from a physician or clinic, resulted in a

Estimating the costs of induced abortion in Uganda: A model-based analysis

158 (95% confidence interval (CI) =

A Practical Guide to Establishing Vaccine Administration Services in Community Pharmacies

76,

Potential Cost-Effectiveness of Universal Access to Modern Contraceptives in Uganda

269) reduction in costs for private payers and a

The Developing Role of Pharmacists in Patient Access to Emergency Contraception

48 (95% CI =

Cohort maintenance and comparability in a pharmacoepidemiologic study using a commercial consumer panel to recruit comparators.

16,

Can Modeling of Health Outcomes Facilitate Regulatory Decision Making?: The Benefit–Risk Tradeoff for Rosiglitazone in 1999 vs. 2007

93) reduction for public payers. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that under varied assumptions, obtaining emergency contraceptive pills directly from a pharmacist reduces the number of unintended pregnancies and is cost saving.

Use of a commercial consumer panel to recruit a comparator cohort for a pharmacoepidemiologic study.

BackgroundThe demand for induced abortions in Uganda is high despite legal and moral proscriptions. Abortion seekers usually go to illegal, hidden clinics where procedures are performed in unhygienic environments by under-trained practitioners. These abortions, which are usually unsafe, lead to a high rate of severe complications and use of substantial, scarce healthcare resources. This study was performed to estimate the costs associated with induced abortions in Uganda.MethodsA decision tree was developed to represent the consequences of induced abortion and estimate the costs of an average case. Data were obtained from a primary chart abstraction study, an on-going prospective study, and the published literature. Societal costs, direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, indirect (productivity) costs, costs to patients, and costs to the government were estimated. Monte Carlo simulation was used to account for uncertainty.ResultsThe average societal cost per induced abortion (95% credibility range) was