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• Psychoactive medication therapy and delirium screening in skilled nursing facilities.

  Authors:Becky A. Briesacher, Brianne L. Olivieri-Mui, Benjamin Koethe, Jane S. Saczynski, Donna Marie Fick, John W. Devlin, et al.From:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Vol. 70, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2022536 words Report

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• Drug Use and Prescribing Problems in Four State Medicaid Programs

  Authors:Bruce Stuart, Becky A. Briesacher, Frank Ahern, David Kidder, Christopher Zacker, Gary Erwin, et al.From:Health Care Financing Review (Vol. 20, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 19995,576 words Article In this article the authors present population-level prevalence rates for 61 specific drug-related problems occurring in three State Medicaid programs (Maryland, Iowa, and Washington) from 1989 through 1996 and a fourth...

• Pain Management in Nursing Home Residents with Cancer

  Authors:Camilla B. Pimentel, Becky A. Briesacher, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Allison B. Rosen, Marc T. Pimentel, and Kate L. LapaneFrom:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Vol. 63, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2015306 words Report

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• Prescription Drug Benefits and Use of Guideline Recommended Medications by Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes Mellitus

  Authors:Jennifer Tjia and Becky A. BriesacherFrom:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Vol. 56, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 2008333 words Report

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• Studies to reduce unnecessary medication use in frail older adults: a systematic review

  Authors:Jennifer Tjia, Sarah J. Velten, Carole Parsons, Sruthi Valluri, and Becky A. BriesacherFrom:Drugs & Aging (Vol. 30, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 2013 Clinical report

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• Medicare Part D's exclusion of benzodiazepines and fracture risk in nursing homes

  Authors:Becky A. Briesacher, Stephen B. Soumerai, Terry S. Field, Hassan Fouayzi, and Jerry H. GurwitzFrom:Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 170, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 26, 2010 Clinical report

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• Time trends in medication use and expenditures in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis

  Authors:Leslie R. Harrold, Daniel Peterson, Ashley J. Beard, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Becky A. BriesacherFrom:American Journal of Medicine (Vol. 125, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 2012 Author abstract

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• Approaches to Optimize Medication Data Analysis in Clinical Cohort Studies.

  Authors:Matthew S. Duprey, John W. Devlin, Becky A. Briesacher, Thomas G. Travison, John L. Griffith, and Sharon K. InouyeFrom:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Vol. 68, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2020326 words Report, Brief articl...

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• Unexplained variation across US nursing homes in antipsychotic prescribing rates

  Authors:Yong Chen, Becky A. Briesacher, Terry S. Field, Jennifer Tjia, Denys T. Lau, and Jerry H. GurwitzFrom:Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 170, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 11, 2010 Clinical report

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• Reported racial discrimination, trust in physicians, and medication adherence among inner-city African Americans with hypertension

  Authors:Yendelela L. Cuffee, J. Lee Hargraves, Milagros Rosal, Becky A. Briesacher, Antoinette Schoenthaler, Sharina Person, et al.From:The American Journal of Public Health (Vol. 103, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2013223 words Author abstract

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• Use of medications of questionable benefit in advanced dementia

  Authors:Jennifer Tjia, Becky A. Briesacher, Daniel Peterson, Qin Liu, Susan E. Andrade, and Susan L. MitchellFrom:JAMA Internal Medicine (Vol. 174, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 2014 Report

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• Can Pay-for-Performance Take Nursing Home Care to the Next Level?

  Authors:Becky A. Briesacher, Terry S. Field, Joann Baril, and Jerry H. GurwitzFrom:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Vol. 56, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 200864 words Article

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• Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in Nursing Homes and Pharmaceutical Marketing

  Authors:Camilla B. Pimentel, Jennifer L. Donovan, Terry S. Field, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Leslie R. Harrold, Abir O. Kanaan, et al.From:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Vol. 63, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 2015235 words Report

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• Pay-for-performance in nursing homes

  Authors:Becky A. Briesacher, Terry S. Field, Joann Baril, and Jerry H. GurwitzFrom:Health Care Financing Review (Vol. 30, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20093,990 words Article Information on the impact of pay-for-performance programs is lacking in the nursing home setting. This literature review (1980-2007) identified 13 prior examples of pay-for-performance programs in the nursing home...

• National estimates of medication use in nursing homes: findings from the 1997 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey and the 1996 Medical Expenditure Survey

  Authors:Jalpa A. Doshi, Thomas Shaffer, and Becky A. BriesacherFrom:Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Vol. 53, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 200554 words Article

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• Older patients' perceptions of medication importance and worth: an exploratory pilot study

  Authors:Denys T. Lau, Becky A. Briesacher, Nathaniel D. Mercaldo, Leslie Halpern, E. Charles Osterberg, Mary Jarzebowski, et al.From:Drugs & Aging (Vol. 25, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20084,985 words Report Background: Cost-related medication non-adherence may be influenced by patients' perceived importance of their medications. Objectives: This exploratory pilot study addresses three related but distinct questions: Do...

• Methodological issues in using multiple years of the medicare current beneficiary survey

  Authors:Becky A. Briesacher, Jennifer Tjia, Chyke A. Doubeni, Yong Chen, and Sowmya R. RaoFrom:Medicare & Medicaid Research Review (Vol. 2, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20125,889 words Report 1300LBackground: The analysis presented in this paper examines the multi-year capacity of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS). Methods: We systematically reviewed the literature for methodological approaches in...

• Variations in antipsychotic prescribing in nursing homes: can this be reflective of referral patterns?

  Authors:Glen L. Xiong, Y. Pritham Raj, Yong Chen, Becky A. Briesacher, Terry S. Field, Jennifer Tjia, et al.From:Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 170, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  May 24, 2010 Letter to the editor

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• Adoption of Once-monthly Oral Bisphosphonates and the Impact on Adherence

  Authors:Becky A. Briesacher, Susan E. Andrade, Leslie R. Harrold, Hassan Fouayzi, and Robert A. YoodFrom:American Journal of Medicine (Vol. 123, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2010133 words Author abstract, Rep...

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• Medicare Part D and long-term care: a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative evidence

  Authors:Camilla B. Pimentel, Kate L. Lapane, and Becky A. BriesacherFrom:Drugs & Aging (Vol. 30, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 2013 Report

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