The Meyers Primary Care Institute was established in 1996 as a joint venture of Fallon Clinic, Fallon Community Health Plan, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Our mission is to promote primary care practice through innovative research and educational initiatives. The Institute honors the memory of Dr. John Meyers who served as President of Fallon Clinic from 1966-1982 and President of Fallon Community Health Plan from 1976-1985. He was also an esteemed member of the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Meyers was highly regarded as a physician leader, a caring clinician, a respected scholar, and an accomplished artist.

This collection showcases the journal articles and other publications and presentations written by Meyers faculty.

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Submissions from 2009

Pay-for-performance in nursing homes., Becky A. Briesacher, Terry S. Field, Joann L. Baril, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Nursing Home Residents and Enrollment in Medicare Part D., Becky A. Briesacher, Stephen B. Soumerai, Terry S. Field, Hassan Fouayzi, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Early adverse drug event signal detection within population-based health networks using sequential methods: key methodologic considerations., Jeffrey S. Brown, Martin Kulldorff, Kenneth R. Petronis, Robert Reynolds, K. Arnold Chan, Robert L Davis, David J. Graham, Susan E. Andrade, Marsha A. Raebel, Lisa J. Herrinton, Douglas W. Roblin, Denise M. Boudreau, David H. Smith, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Margaret J. Gunter, and Richard Platt

Referral, Receipt, and Completion of Chemotherapy in Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Older Than 65 Years and at High Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence., Diana S. M. Buist, Jessica Chubak, Marianne N. Prout, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Jaclyn L. F. Bosco, Soe Soe Thwin, Heather Taffet Gold, Cynthia Owusu, Terry S. Field, Virginia P. Quinn, Feifei Wei, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Computerized Clinical Decision Support During Medication Ordering for Long-term Care Residents with Renal Insufficiency., Terry S. Field, Paula A. Rochon, Monica Lee, Linda Gavendo, Joann L. Baril, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Prescribers and pharmaceutical representatives: why are we still meeting?, Melissa A. Fischer, Mary Ellen Keough, Joann L. Baril, Laura Saccoccio, Kathleen M. Mazor, Elissa Ladd, Ann Von Worley, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Can anticoagulation care be improved with technology?, Jerry H. Gurwitz

Cluster randomized trials to study the comparative effectiveness of therapeutics: stakeholders' concerns and recommendations., Kathleen M. Mazor, James E. Sabin, Sarah L. Goff, David H. Smith, Sharon J. Rolnick, Douglas W. Roblin, Marsha A. Raebel, Lisa J. Herrinton, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Denise M. Boudreau, Vanessa Meterko, Katherine S. Dodd, and Richard Platt

Effect of socioeconomic factors on long-term mortality in men with clinically localized prostate cancer., Ashutosh K. Tewari, Heather Taffet Gold, Raymond Y. Demers, Christine Cole Johnson, Rajiv Yadav, Edward H. Wagner, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Terry S. Field, George Divine, and Mani Menon

Nursing time devoted to medication administration in long-term care: clinical, safety, and resource implications., Mary S. Thomson, Andrea Gruneir, Monica Lee, Joann L. Baril, Terry S. Field, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Paula A. Rochon

Medication errors among adults and children with cancer in the outpatient setting., Kathleen E. Walsh, Katherine S. Dodd, Kala Seetharaman, Douglas W. Roblin, Lisa J. Herrinton, Ann Von Worley, G. Naheed Usmani, David Baer, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Changing trends (1986-2003) in the use of lipid lowering medication in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: a community-based perspective., Jorge L. Yarzebski, Edgard A. Granillo, Frederick A. Spencer, Darleen M. Lessard, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg

Submissions from 2008

Diffusion of aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer therapy between 1996 and 2003 in the Cancer Research Network., Erin J. Aiello, Diana S. M. Buist, Edward H. Wagner, Leah Tuzzio, Sarah M. Greene, Lois E. Lamerato, Terry S. Field, Lisa J. Herrinton, Reina Haque, Gene Hart, Kimberly J. Bischoff, and Ann M. Geiger

Can pay-for-performance take nursing home care to the next level?, Becky A. Briesacher, Terry S. Field, Joann L. Baril, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Under utilization of surveillance mammography among older breast cancer survivors., Terry S. Field, Chyke A. Doubeni, Matthew P. Fox, Diana S. M. Buist, Feifei Wei, Ann M. Geiger, Virginia P. Quinn, Timothy L. Lash, Marianne N. Prout, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Floyd J. Frost, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Between two worlds: a multi-institutional qualitative analysis of students' reflections on joining the medical profession., Melissa A. Fischer, Heather E. Harrell, Heather-Lyn Haley, Adam S. Cifu, Eric J. Alper, Krista M. Johnson, and David S. Hatem

A shift in referral patterns for HIV/AIDS patients., Phillip O. Fournier, Judith A. Savageau, and Robert A. Baldor

Survivorship research based in integrated healthcare delivery systems: the Cancer Research Network., Ann M. Geiger, Diana S. M. Buist, Sarah M. Greene, Andrea Altschuler, and Terry S. Field

Comparative effectiveness of different beta-adrenergic antagonists on mortality among adults with heart failure in clinical practice., Alan S. Go, Jingrong Yang, Jerry H. Gurwitz, John Hsu, Kimberly Lane, and Richard Platt

Administrative data used to identify patients with irritable bowel syndrome., Sarah L. Goff, Andrew Feld, Susan E. Andrade, Lisa Mahoney, Sarah J. Beaton, Denise M. Boudreau, Robert L. Davis, Michael J. Goodman, Cynthia L. Hartsfield, Richard Platt, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Katherine S. Dodd, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care setting., Jerry H. Gurwitz, Terry S. Field, Paula A. Rochon, James Judge, Leslie R. Harrold, Chaim M. Bell, Monica Lee, Kathleen White, Jane LaPrino, Janet Erramuspe-Mainard, Martin DeFlorio, Linda Gavendo, Joann L. Baril, George W. Reed, and David W. Bates

Identification of patients with arthritis and arthritis-related functional limitation using administrative data., Leslie R. Harrold, Wenjun Li, Robert A. Yood, Jackie C. Fuller, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part D., Jeanne M. Madden, Amy J. Graves, Fang Zhang, Alyce S. Adams, Becky A. Briesacher, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Marsha Pierre-Jacques, Dana Gelb Safran, Gerald S. Adler, and Stephen B. Soumerai

Creating a research data network for cardiovascular disease: the CVRN., David J. Magid, Jerry H. Gurwitz, John S. Rumsfeld, and Alan S. Go

Predictors of tamoxifen discontinuation among older women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer., Cynthia Owusu, Diana S. M. Buist, Terry S. Field, Timothy L. Lash, Soe Soe Thwin, Ann M. Geiger, Virginia P. Quinn, Floyd J. Frost, Marianne N. Prout, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Feifei Wei, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Antipsychotic therapy and short-term serious events in older adults with dementia., Paula A. Rochon, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Tara Gomes, Sudeep S. Gill, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Magda Melo, Kathy Sykora, Lorraine Lipscombe, Chaim M. Bell, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Twenty-year trends in the incidence of stroke complicating acute myocardial infarction: Worcester Heart Attack Study., Jane S. Saczynski, Frederick A. Spencer, Joel M. Gore, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, and Robert J. Goldberg

Trends in prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction (from the Worcester Heart Attack Study)., Jane S. Saczynski, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, Frederick A. Spencer, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg

Venous thromboembolism in the elderly. A community-based perspective., Frederick A. Spencer, Joel M. Gore, Darleen M. Lessard, Cathy Emery, Luigi Pacifico, George W. Reed, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Robert J. Goldberg

Medicare beneficiaries and free prescription drug samples: a national survey., Jennifer Tjia, Becky A. Briesacher, Stephen B. Soumerai, Marsha Pierre-Jacques, Fang Zhang, Dennis Ross-Degnan, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Medical abbreviations: writing little and communicating less., Kathleen E. Walsh and Jerry H. Gurwitz

The effect of computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support on the rates of adverse drug events: a systematic review., Jesse I. Wolfstadt, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Terry S. Field, Monica Lee, Sunila Kalkar, Wei Wu, and Paula A. Rochon

Mortality impact of less-than-standard therapy in older breast cancer patients., Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Cynthia Owusu, Diana S. M. Buist, Ann M. Geiger, Terry S. Field, Soe Soe Thwin, Timothy L. Lash, Marianne N. Prout, Feifei Wei, Virginia P. Quinn, Floyd J. Frost, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Submissions from 2007

Early detection of adverse drug events within population-based health networks: application of sequential testing methods., Jeffrey S. Brown, Martin Kulldorff, K. Arnold Chan, Robert L. Davis, David J. Graham, Parker T. Pettus, Susan E. Andrade, Marsha A. Raebel, Lisa J. Herrinton, Douglas W. Roblin, Denise M. Boudreau, David H. Smith, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Margaret J. Gunter, and Richard Platt

Receipt of appropriate primary breast cancer therapy and adjuvant therapy are not associated with obesity in older women with access to health care., Diana S. M. Buist, Laura Ichikawa, Marianne N. Prout, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Terry S. Field, Cynthia Owusu, Ann M. Geiger, Virginia P. Quinn, Feifei Wei, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Adverse drug events resulting from patient errors in older adults., Terry S. Field, Kathleen M. Mazor, Becky A. Briesacher, Kristin R. Debellis, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Recurrences and second primary breast cancers in older women with initial early-stage disease., Ann M. Geiger, Soe Soe Thwin, Timothy L. Lash, Diana S. M. Buist, Marianne N. Prout, Feifei Wei, Terry S. Field, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Floyd J. Frost, Shelley M. Enger, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Antipsychotic drug use and mortality in older adults with dementia., Sudeep S. Gill, Susan E. Bronskill, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Kathy Sykora, Kelvin Lam, Chaim M. Bell, Philip E. Lee, Hadas D. Fischer, Nathan Herrmann, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Paula A. Rochon

Comparative effectiveness of beta-adrenergic antagonists (atenolol, metoprolol tartrate, carvedilol) on the risk of rehospitalization in adults with heart failure., Alan S. Go, Jingrong Yang, Jerry H. Gurwitz, John Hsu, Kimberly Lane, and Richard Platt

The safety of warfarin therapy in the nursing home setting., Jerry H. Gurwitz, Terry S. Field, Martha J. Radford, Leslie R. Harrold, Richard C. Becker, George W. Reed, Kristin R. DeBellis, Jason A. Moldoff, and Nancy Verzier

Validity of gout diagnoses in administrative data, Leslie R. Harrold, Kenneth G. Saag, Robert A. Yood, Ted R. Mikuls, Susan E. Andrade, Hassan Fouayzi, Judith Davis, K. Arnold Chan, Marsha A. Raebel, Ann Von Worley, and Richard Platt

Mammography surveillance and mortality in older breast cancer survivors., Timothy L. Lash, Matthew P. Fox, Diana S. M. Buist, Feifei Wei, Terry S. Field, Floyd J. Frost, Ann M. Geiger, Virginia P. Quinn, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Using probabilistic corrections to account for abstractor agreement in medical record reviews., Timothy L. Lash, Matthew P. Fox, Soe Soe Thwin, Ann M. Geiger, Diana S. M. Buist, Feifei Wei, Terry S. Field, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Floyd J. Frost, Virginia P. Quinn, Marianne N. Prout, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Patient education about anticoagulant medication: is narrative evidence or statistical evidence more effective?, Kathleen M. Mazor, Joann L. Baril, Elizabeth Dugan, Frederick A. Spencer, Pamela Burgwinkle, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Cluster randomized trials: opportunities and barriers identified by leaders of eight health plans., Kathleen M. Mazor, James E. Sabin, Denise M. Boudreau, Michael J. Goodman, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Lisa J. Herrinton, Marsha A. Raebel, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Vanessa Meterko, and Richard Platt

Variation in nursing home antipsychotic prescribing rates., Paula A. Rochon, Therese A. Stukel, Susan E. Bronskill, Tara Gomes, Kathy Sykora, Walter P. Wodchis, Michael Hillmer, Alexander Kopp, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Geoffrey M. Anderson

Computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support in long-term care facilities: costs and benefits to stakeholders., Sujha Subramanian, Sonja Hoover, Boyd H. Gilman, Terry S. Field, Ryan Mutter, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Automated inter-rater reliability assessment and electronic data collection in a multi-center breast cancer study., Soe Soe Thwin, Kerri M. Clough-Gorr, Maribet C. McCarty, Timothy L. Lash, Sharon H. Alford, Diana S. M. Buist, Shelley M. Enger, Terry S. Field, Floyd J. Frost, Feifei Wei, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Effect of New York State regulatory action on benzodiazepine prescribing and hip fracture rates., Anita K. Wagner, Dennis Ross-Degnan, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Fang Zhang, Daniel B. Gilden, Leon Cosler, and Stephen B. Soumerai

Submissions from 2006

Frequency of high-risk use of QT-prolonging medications., Nancy M. Allen LaPointe, Lesley H. Curtis, K. Arnold Chan, Judith M. Kramer, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Marsha A. Raebel, and Richard Platt

Identifying unrecognized peripheral arterial disease among asymptomatic patients in the primary care setting., Chyke A. Doubeni, Robert A. Yood, Srinivas Emani, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Learning from mistakes. Factors that influence how students and residents learn from medical errors, Melissa A. Fischer, Kathleen M. Mazor, Joann L. Baril, Eric J. Alper, Deborah M. DeMarco, and Michele P. Pugnaire

Statin therapy and risks for death and hospitalization in chronic heart failure., Alan S. Go, Wendy Y. Lee, Jingrong Yang, Joan C. Lo, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

An interview with Jerry Gurwitz. Interview by David Bates., Jerry H. Gurwitz

Serious adverse drug effects--seeing the trees through the forest., Jerry H. Gurwitz

Sex differences in gout epidemiology: evaluation and treatment, Leslie R. Harrold, Robert A. Yood, Ted R. Mikuls, Susan E. Andrade, Judith Davis, Jackie C. Fuller, K. Arnold Chan, Douglas W. Roblin, Marsha A. Raebel, Ann Von Worley, Richard Platt, and Kenneth G. Saag

Disclosure of medical errors: what factors influence how patients respond, Kathleen M. Mazor, George W. Reed, Robert A. Yood, Melissa A. Fischer, Joann L. Baril, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Clinical application of a computerized system for physician order entry with clinical decision support to prevent adverse drug events in long-term care., Paula A. Rochon, Terry S. Field, David W. Bates, Monica Lee, Linda Gavendo, Janet Erramuspe-Mainard, James Judge, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

FDA drug prescribing warnings: is the black box half empty or half full?, Anita K. Wagner, K. Arnold Chan, Inna Dashevsky, Marsha A. Raebel, Susan E. Andrade, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Robert L. Davis, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Stephen B. Soumerai, and Richard Platt

Polypharmacy with oral antidiabetic agents: an indicator of poor glycemic control, Cynthia J. Willey, Susan E. Andrade, Joseph Cohen, Jackie C. Fuller, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Submissions from 2005

Health plan administrative databases can efficiently identify serious myopathy and rhabdomyolysis., Susan E. Andrade, David J. Graham, Judy A. Staffa, Stephanie D. Schech, Deborah Shatin, Lois La Grenade, Michael J. Goodman, Richard Platt, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and K. Arnold Chan

The costs associated with adverse drug events among older adults in the ambulatory setting., Terry S. Field, Boyd H. Gilman, Sujha Subramanian, Jackie C. Fuller, David W. Bates, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Atypical antipsychotic drugs and risk of ischaemic stroke: population based retrospective cohort study., Sudeep S. Gill, Paula A. Rochon, Nathan Herrmann, Philip E. Lee, Kathy Sykora, Nadia Gunraj, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Connie Marras, Walter P. Wodchis, and Muhammad M. Mamdani

The age/gender interface in geriatric pharmacotherapy., Jerry H. Gurwitz

The incidence of adverse drug events in two large academic long-term care facilities., Jerry H. Gurwitz, Terry S. Field, James Judge, Paula A. Rochon, Leslie R. Harrold, Cynthia A. Cadoret, Monica Lee, Kathleen White, Jane LaPrino, Janet Erramuspe-Mainard, Martin DeFlorio, Linda Gavendo, Jill C. Auger, and David W. Bates

Physicians' assessments of adjuvant tamoxifen's effectiveness in older patients with primary breast cancer., Timothy L. Lash, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Rebecca A. Silliman

Teaching and medical errors: primary care preceptors' views., Kathleen M. Mazor, Melissa A. Fischer, Heather-Lyn Haley, David S. Hatem, and Mark E. Quirk

Factors influencing preceptors' responses to medical errors: a factorial survey., Kathleen M. Mazor, Melissa A. Fischer, Heather-Lyn Haley, David S. Hatem, H. Jane Rogers, and Mark E. Quirk

Computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support in the long-term care setting: insights from the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care., Paula A. Rochon, Terry S. Field, David W. Bates, Monica Lee, Linda Gavendo, Janet Erramuspe-Mainard, James Judge, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 1. Role and design., Paula A. Rochon, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Kathy Sykora, Muhammad M. Mamdani, David L. Streiner, Susan Garfinkel, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, and Geoffrey M. Anderson

Atypical antipsychotics and parkinsonism., Paula A. Rochon, Therese A. Stukel, Kathy Sykora, Sudeep S. Gill, Susan Garfinkel, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Sharon-Lise T. Normand, Muhammad M. Mamdani, Philip E. Lee, Ping Li, Susan E. Bronskill, Connie Marras, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Validation of a surveillance case definition for arthritis., Jeffrey J. Sacks, Leslie R. Harrold, Charles G. Helmick, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Srinivas Emani, and Robert A. Yood

Baseline laboratory monitoring of cardiovascular medications in elderly health maintenance organization enrollees., Steven R. Simon, Susan E. Andrade, Jennifer L. Ellis, Winnie W. Nelson, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Jennifer Elston Lafata, Robert L. Davis, Adrianne Feldstein, and Marsha A. Raebel

Building a research consortium of large health systems: the Cancer Research Network., Edward H. Wagner, Sarah M. Greene, Gene Hart, Terry S. Field, Suzanne Fletcher, Ann M. Geiger, Lisa J. Herrinton, Mark C. Hornbrook, Christine Cole Johnson, Judy Mouchawar, Sharon J. Rolnick, Victor J. Stevens, Stephen H. Taplin, Dennis Tolsma, and Thomas M. Vogt

Submissions from 2004

Persistence with lipid-lowering therapy: influence of the type of lipid-lowering agent and drug benefit plan option in elderly patients., Susan M. Abughosh, Stephen J. Kogut, Susan E. Andrade, E. Paul Larrat, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Prescription drug use in pregnancy., Susan E. Andrade, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Robert L. Davis, K. Arnold Chan, Jonathan A. Finkelstein, Kris Fortman, Heather McPhillips, Marsha A. Raebel, Douglas W. Roblin, David H. Smith, Marianne Ulcickas Yood, Abraham N. Morse, and Richard Platt

Hypertension management: the care gap between clinical guidelines and clinical practice, Susan E. Andrade, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Terry S. Field, Michael Kelleher, Sumit R. Majumdar, George W. Reed, and Robert Black

Risk factors for adverse drug events among older adults in the ambulatory setting., Terry S. Field, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Leslie R. Harrold, Jeffrey Rothschild, Kristin R. DeBellis, Andrew C. Seger, Jill C. Auger, Leslie A. Garber, Cynthia A. Cadoret, Leslie S. Fish, Lawrence D. Garber, Michael Kelleher, and David W. Bates

Incidence of hospitalized rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with lipid-lowering drugs., David J. Graham, Judy A. Staffa, Deborah Shatin, Susan E. Andrade, Stephanie D. Schech, Lois La Grenade, Jerry H. Gurwitz, K. Arnold Chan, Michael J. Goodman, and Richard Platt

Polypharmacy: a new paradigm for quality drug therapy in the elderly?, Jerry H. Gurwitz

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in Ontario community-dwelling older adults and nursing home residents., Christopher J. Lane, Susan E. Bronskill, Kathy Sykora, Irfan A. Dhalla, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Muhammad M. Mamdani, Sudeep S. Gill, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Paula A. Rochon

Gender and risk of adverse outcomes in heart failure., Wendy Y. Lee, Angela M. Capra, Nancy G. Jensvold, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Alan S. Go

Exclusion of elderly women from published randomized trials of stress incontinence surgery., Abraham N. Morse, Lisa C. Labin, Stephen B. Young, Michael P. Aronson, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Potentially inappropriate prescribing in Canada relative to the US., Paula A. Rochon, Christopher J. Lane, Susan E. Bronskill, Kathy Sykora, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Muhammad M. Mamdani, Jerry H. Gurwitz, and Irfan A. Dhalla

Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy and dose-related outcomes in older adults with new heart failure in the community., Paula A. Rochon, Kathy Sykora, Susan E. Bronskill, Muhammad M. Mamdani, Geoffrey M. Anderson, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Sudeep S. Gill, Jack V. Tu, and Andreas Laupacis

Increased use of second-generation macrolide antibiotics for children in nine health plans in the United States, Christopher J. Stille, Susan E. Andrade, Susan S. Huang, James D. Nordin, Marsha A. Raebel, Alan S. Go, K. Arnold Chan, and Jonathan A. Finkelstein

Benzodiazepine use and hip fractures in the elderly: who is at greatest risk?, Anita K. Wagner, Fang Zhang, Stephen B. Soumerai, Alexander M. Walker, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Robert J. Glynn, and Dennis Ross-Degnan

Submissions from 2003

Low frequency of treatment of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women following a fracture, Susan E. Andrade, Sumit R. Majumdar, K. Arnold Chan, Diana S. M. Buist, Alan S. Go, Michael J. Goodman, David H. Smith, Richard Platt, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

A cohort study of the incidence of serious acute liver injury in diabetic patients treated with hypoglycemic agents., K. Arnold Chan, Alison Truman, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Judith S. Hurley, Brian C. Martinson, Richard Platt, James E. Everhart, Richard H. Moseley, Norah Terrault, Lynn Ackerson, and Joe V. Selby

Testing medications in children., Jerry H. Gurwitz

Age and sex differences in the treatment of patients with initial acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective., Leslie R. Harrold, Darleen M. Lessard, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg

Discussion of medical errors in morbidity and mortality conferences., Edgar Pierluissi, Melissa A. Fischer, Andre R. Campbell, and C. Seth Landefeld

Submissions from 2002

Drug benefit plans under managed care: to what extent do older subscribers selecting less drug coverage put themselves at increased financial risk?, Susan E. Andrade and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Surveying physicians: do components of the "Total Design Approach" to optimizing survey response rates apply to physicians?, Terry S. Field, Cynthia A. Cadoret, Martin L. Brown, Marvella Ford, Sarah M. Greene, Deanna Hill, Mark C. Hornbrook, Richard T. Meenan, Mary Jo White, and Jane G. Zapka

Hospital transfer of patients with acute myocardial infarction: the effects of age, race, and insurance type., Jerry H. Gurwitz, Robert J. Goldberg, Judith A. Malmgren, Hal V. Barron, Alan J. Tiefenbrunn, Paul D. F. Frederick, and Joel M. Gore

Improving the quality of medication use in elderly patients: a not-so-simple prescription., Jerry H. Gurwitz and Paula A. Rochon

Physician attitudes concerning anticoagulation services in the long-term care setting., Leslie R. Harrold, Jerry H. Gurwitz, Janet P. Tate, Richard C. Becker, Tammy Stuart, Anne Elwell, and Martha J. Radford

A model of community-based interdisciplinary team training in the care of the frail elderly., Mary Ellen Keough, Terry S. Field, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Managed care education: what medical students are telling us., Kathleen M. Mazor, Eric G. Campbell, Terry S. Field, Urip Purwono, Dawn Peterson, John H. Lockwood, Joel Weissman, and Jerry H. Gurwitz

Comparison of review articles published in peer-reviewed and throwaway journals., Paula A. Rochon, Lisa A. Bero, Ari M. Bay, Jennifer L. Gold, Julie M. Dergal, Malcolm A. Binns, David L. Streiner, and Jerry H. Gurwitz