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profileStephen Bertram Soumerai, Sc.D.

TitleProfessor of Population Medicine
InstitutionHarvard Pilgrim Healthcare
DepartmentPopulation Medicine
AddressAmbulatory Care and Prevention
HMS/HPHC 6th Fl
133 Brookline Ave
Boston MA 02215
Phone617/509-9942
Fax617/421-2763
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R01HS019669     (SOUMERAI, STEPHEN B)Sep 30, 2010 - Sep 29, 2013
AHRQ
The Population-Based Effectiveness in Asthma and Lung Diseases (PEAL) Network
Role: Principal Investigator
R01HS018577     (SOUMERAI, STEPHEN B)Sep 30, 2009 - Jul 31, 2013
AHRQ
Drug Cost Containment Changes and Quality of Care for Mentally Ill Dual Enrollees
Role: Principal Investigator
R01AG028745     (SOUMERAI, STEPHEN B)Sep 15, 2006 - Aug 31, 2015
NIH/NIA
Changes in Cardiovascular Care and Outcomes in Eight Years after Medicare Part D
Role: Principal Investigator
R01MH069776     (SOUMERAI, STEPHEN B)May 20, 2005 - Apr 30, 2009
NIH/NIMH
Impact of Prior Approval for Antidepressants in Medicaid
Role: Principal Investigator
R01AG022362     (SOUMERAI, STEPHEN B)Sep 1, 2003 - Jun 30, 2008
NIH/NIA
Cost-Related Underuse of Medications in the Elderly
Role: Principal Investigator

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  1. Wharam JF, Zhang F, Eggleston EM, Lu CY, Soumerai S, Ross-Degnan D. Diabetes Outpatient Care and Acute Complications Before and After High-Deductible Insurance Enrollment: A Natural Experiment for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D) Study. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Mar 01; 177(3):358-368. PMID: 28097328.
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  2. Galbraith AA, Fung V, Li L, Butler MG, Nordin JD, Hsu J, Smith D, Vollmer WM, Lieu TA, Soumerai SB, Wu AC. Impact of Copayment Changes on Children's Albuterol Inhaler Use and Costs after the Clean Air Act Chlorofluorocarbon Ban. Health Serv Res. 2016 Nov 20. PMID: 27868200.
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  3. Soumerai SB, Ceccarelli R, Koppel R. False Dichotomies and Health Policy Research Designs: Randomized Trials Are Not Always the Answer. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Feb; 32(2):204-209. PMID: 27757714.
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  4. Hacker K, Penfold R, Arsenault LN, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Wissow LS. The Impact of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Child Screening Policy on Service Utilization. Psychiatr Serv. 2017 Jan 01; 68(1):25-32. PMID: 27582240.
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  5. Burns ME, Huskamp HA, Smith JC, Madden JM, Soumerai SB. The Effects of the Transition From Medicaid to Medicare on Health Care Use for Adults With Mental Illness. Med Care. 2016 Sep; 54(9):868-77. PMID: 27261640; PMCID: PMC4982773 [Available on 09/01/17].
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  6. Garabedian LF, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Choudhry NK, Brown JS. Impact of Massachusetts Health Reform on Enrollment Length and Health Care Utilization in the Unsubsidized Individual Market. Health Serv Res. 2017 Jun; 52(3):1118-1137. PMID: 27456334.
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  7. Soumerai SB, Koppel R. The Reliability of Instrumental Variables in Health Care Effectiveness Research: Less Is More. Health Serv Res. 2017 Feb; 52(1):9-15. PMID: 27444214.
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  8. Soumerai SB. Outcomes of Basic Versus Advanced Life Support for Out-of-Hospital Medical Emergencies. Ann Intern Med. 2016 Jul 05; 165(1):68-9. PMID: 27380154.
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  9. Naci H, Soumerai SB. History Bias, Study Design, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Pay-for-Performance Policies in Health Care. Prev Chronic Dis. 2016 06 23; 13:E82. PMID: 27337559; PMCID: PMC4927268.
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  10. Wharam JF, Zhang F, Landon BE, LeCates R, Soumerai S, Ross-Degnan D. Colorectal Cancer Screening in a Nationwide High-deductible Health Plan Before and After the Affordable Care Act. Med Care. 2016 May; 54(5):466-73. PMID: 27078821.
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  11. Madden JM, Lakoma MD, Rusinak D, Lu CY, Soumerai SB. Missing clinical and behavioral health data in a large electronic health record (EHR) system. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016 Nov; 23(6):1143-1149. PMID: 27079506.
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  12. Lee GM, Soumerai SB. Ongoing Attention to Injurious Inpatient Falls and Pressure Ulcers. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Sep; 175(9):1581-2. PMID: 26348515.
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  13. Hacker KA, Penfold RB, Arsenault LN, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Wissow LS. Effect of Pediatric Behavioral Health Screening and Colocated Services on Ambulatory and Inpatient Utilization. Psychiatr Serv. 2015 Nov; 66(11):1141-8. PMID: 26129994; PMCID: PMC4633707.
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  14. Soumerai SB, Starr D, Majumdar SR. How Do You Know Which Health Care Effectiveness Research You Can Trust? A Guide to Study Design for the Perplexed. Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 Jun 25; 12:E101. PMID: 26111157; PMCID: PMC4492215.
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  15. Briesacher BA, Madden JM, Zhang F, Fouayzi H, Ross-Degnan D, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB. Did Medicare Part D Affect National Trends in Health Outcomes or Hospitalizations? A Time-Series Analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Jun 16; 162(12):825-33. PMID: 26075753; PMCID: PMC4841503.
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  16. Ackermann RT, Kenrik Duru O, Albu JB, Schmittdiel JA, Soumerai SB, Wharam JF, Ali MK, Mangione CM, Gregg EW. Evaluating diabetes health policies using natural experiments: the natural experiments for translation in diabetes study. Am J Prev Med. 2015 Jun; 48(6):747-54. PMID: 25998925.
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  17. Lu CY, Zhang F, Lakoma MD, Butler MG, Fung V, Larkin EK, Kharbanda EO, Vollmer WM, Lieu T, Soumerai SB, Chen Wu A. Asthma Treatments and Mental Health Visits After a Food and Drug Administration Label Change for Leukotriene Inhibitors. Clin Ther. 2015 Jun 01; 37(6):1280-91. PMID: 25920571.
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  18. Kawai AT, Calderwood MS, Jin R, Soumerai SB, Vaz LE, Goldmann D, Lee GM. Impact of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital-Acquired Conditions Policy on Billing Rates for 2 Targeted Healthcare-Associated Infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Aug; 36(8):871-7. PMID: 25906824.
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  19. Vaz LE, Kleinman KP, Kawai AT, Jin R, Kassler WJ, Grant PS, Rett MD, Goldmann DA, Calderwood MS, Soumerai SB, Lee GM. Impact of Medicare's Hospital-Acquired Condition policy on infections in safety net and non-safety net hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jun; 36(6):649-55. PMID: 25732568.
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  20. Wharam JF, Landon B, Zhang F, Xu X, Soumerai S, Ross-Degnan D. Mammography rates 3 years after the 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines changes. J Clin Oncol. 2015 Mar 20; 33(9):1067-74. PMID: 25667290.
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  21. Madden JM, Adams AS, LeCates RF, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Huskamp HA, Gilden DM, Soumerai SB. Changes in drug coverage generosity and untreated serious mental illness: transitioning from Medicaid to Medicare Part D. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Feb; 72(2):179-88. PMID: 25588123; PMCID: PMC4505620.
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  22. Wu AC, Butler MG, Li L, Fung V, Kharbanda EO, Larkin EK, Vollmer WM, Miroshnik I, Davis RL, Lieu TA, Soumerai SB. Primary adherence to controller medications for asthma is poor. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 Feb; 12(2):161-6. PMID: 25569765; PMCID: PMC4342835.
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  23. Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Gilden D, Burns M, Huskamp HA, Trinacty C, Alegria M, LeCates RF, Griggs JJ, Ross-Degnan D, Madden JM. Effects of eliminating drug caps on racial differences in antidepressant use among dual enrollees with diabetes and depression. Clin Ther. 2015 Mar 01; 37(3):597-609. PMID: 25620439; PMCID: PMC4390474.
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  24. Fretheim A, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Oxman AD, Cheyne H, Foy R, Goodacre S, Herrin J, Kerse N, McKinlay RJ, Wright A, Soumerai SB. A reanalysis of cluster randomized trials showed interrupted time-series studies were valuable in health system evaluation. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Mar; 68(3):324-33. PMID: 25499983.
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  25. Garabedian LF, Zaslavsky AM, Soumerai SB. Instrumental variable analyses for observational comparative effectiveness research: the paired availability design. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Dec 02; 161(11):841. PMID: 25437418.
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  26. Naci H, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Briesacher BA, Gurwitz JH, Madden JM. Persistent medication affordability problems among disabled Medicare beneficiaries after Part D, 2006-2011. Med Care. 2014 Nov; 52(11):951-6. PMID: 25122530; PMCID: PMC4539257.
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  27. Lu CY, Simon G, Soumerai SB. Authors' reply to Mosholder and colleagues. BMJ. 2014 Oct 29; 349:g6516. PMID: 25354502.
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  28. Lu CY, Simon G, Soumerai SB. Authors' reply to Olfson and Schoenbaum, Nardo, Bartlett, Moore, Case, Gøtzsche, and Barber and colleagues. BMJ. 2014 Oct 09; 349:g5722. PMID: 25301799.
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  29. Adams AS, Madden JM, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Gilden D, Griggs J, Trinacty CM, Bishop C, Ross-Degnan D. Changes in use of lipid-lowering medications among black and white dual enrollees with diabetes transitioning from Medicaid to Medicare Part D drug coverage. Med Care. 2014 Aug; 52(8):695-703. PMID: 24988304; PMCID: PMC4135389.
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  30. Naci H, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Briesacher BA, Gurwitz JH, Madden JM. Medication affordability gains following Medicare Part D are eroding among elderly with multiple chronic conditions. Health Aff (Millwood). 2014 Aug; 33(8):1435-43. PMID: 25092846; PMCID: PMC4340076.
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  31. Garabedian LF, Chu P, Toh S, Zaslavsky AM, Soumerai SB. Potential bias of instrumental variable analyses for observational comparative effectiveness research. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Jul 15; 161(2):131-8. PMID: 25023252.
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  32. Simon GE, Stewart C, Beck A, Ahmedani BK, Coleman KJ, Whitebird RR, Lynch F, Owen-Smith AA, Waitzfelder BE, Soumerai SB, Hunkeler EM. National prevalence of receipt of antidepressant prescriptions by persons without a psychiatric diagnosis. Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Jul; 65(7):944-6. PMID: 24788368; PMCID: PMC4216631.
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  33. Lu CY, Zhang F, Lakoma MD, Madden JM, Rusinak D, Penfold RB, Simon G, Ahmedani BK, Clarke G, Hunkeler EM, Waitzfelder B, Owen-Smith A, Raebel MA, Rossom R, Coleman KJ, Copeland LA, Soumerai SB. Changes in antidepressant use by young people and suicidal behavior after FDA warnings and media coverage: quasi-experimental study. BMJ. 2014 Jun 18; 348:g3596. PMID: 24942789; PMCID: PMC4062705.
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  34. Burns ME, Busch AB, Madden JM, Le Cates RF, Zhang F, Adams AS, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Huskamp HA. Effects of Medicare Part D on guideline-concordant pharmacotherapy for bipolar I disorder among dual beneficiaries. Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Mar 01; 65(3):323-9. PMID: 24337444; PMCID: PMC4038978.
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  35. Lu CY, Stewart C, Ahmed AT, Ahmedani BK, Coleman K, Copeland LA, Hunkeler EM, Lakoma MD, Madden JM, Penfold RB, Rusinak D, Zhang F, Soumerai SB. How complete are E-codes in commercial plan claims databases? Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Feb; 23(2):218-20. PMID: 24453020; PMCID: PMC4100538.
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  36. Reddy SR, Ross-Degnan D, Zaslavsky AM, Soumerai SB, Wharam JF. Impact of a high-deductible health plan on outpatient visits and associated diagnostic tests. Med Care. 2014 Jan; 52(1):86-92. PMID: 24322990.
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  37. Briesacher BA, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Toh S, Andrade SE, Wagner JL, Shoaibi A, Gurwitz JH. Response to the letter by Mol. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Jan; 23(1):106. PMID: 24395548.
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  38. Calderwood MS, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, Jin R, Gay C, Platt R, Kassler W, Goldmann DA, Jha AK, Lee GM. Impact of Medicare's payment policy on mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Feb; 35(2):144-51. PMID: 24442076.
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  39. Fretheim A, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Oxman AD, Ross-Degnan D. Interrupted time-series analysis yielded an effect estimate concordant with the cluster-randomized controlled trial result. J Clin Epidemiol. 2013 Aug; 66(8):883-7. PMID: 23810027.
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  40. Wharam JF, Zhang F, Landon BE, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Low-socioeconomic-status enrollees in high-deductible plans reduced high-severity emergency care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Aug; 32(8):1398-406. PMID: 23918484.
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  41. Briesacher BA, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Toh S, Andrade SE, Wagner JL, Shoaibi A, Gurwitz JH. A critical review of methods to evaluate the impact of FDA regulatory actions. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013 Sep; 22(9):986-94. PMID: 23847020; PMCID: PMC3825208.
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  42. Reddy SR, Ross-Degnan D, Zaslavsky AM, Soumerai SB, Wagner AK. Health care payments in the Asia Pacific: validation of five survey measures of economic burden. Int J Equity Health. 2013 Jul 03; 12:49. PMID: 23822552; PMCID: PMC3716807.
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  43. Blanchard J, Madden JM, Ross-Degnan D, Gresenz CR, Soumerai SB. The relationship between emergency department use and cost-related medication nonadherence among Medicare beneficiaries. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Nov; 62(5):475-85. PMID: 23726522; PMCID: PMC3812390.
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  44. Galbraith AA, Sinaiko AD, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Dutta-Linn MM, Lieu TA. Some families who purchased health coverage through the Massachusetts Connector wound up with high financial burdens. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 May; 32(5):974-83. PMID: 23595500; PMCID: PMC4103655.
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  45. Koppel R, Soumerai SB. Personal health records and medical care use. JAMA. 2013 Feb 27; 309(8):767. PMID: 23443432.
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  46. Harrold LR, Briesacher BA, Peterson D, Beard A, Madden J, Zhang F, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB. Cost-related medication nonadherence in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2013 Feb; 40(2):137-43. PMID: 23322458; PMCID: PMC3815617.
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  47. Lee GM, Soumerai SB, Jha AK. Nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2013 Jan 10; 368(2):191-2. PMID: 23301746.
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  48. Sinaiko AD, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Lieu T, Galbraith A. The experience of Massachusetts shows that consumers will need help in navigating insurance exchanges. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Jan; 32(1):78-86. PMID: 23297274; PMCID: PMC3950973.
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  49. Burns ME, O'Hara BJ, Huskamp HA, Soumerai SB. Uninsurance and its correlates among poor adults with disabilities. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 Nov; 23(4):1630-46. PMID: 23698677; PMCID: PMC3671490.
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  50. Chace MJ, Zhang F, Fullerton CA, Huskamp HA, Gilden D, Soumerai SB. Intended and unintended consequences of the gabapentin off-label marketing lawsuit among patients with bipolar disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2012 Nov; 73(11):1388-94. PMID: 23146199.
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  51. Lee GM, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, Tse A, Cole D, Fridkin SK, Horan T, Platt R, Gay C, Kassler W, Goldmann DA, Jernigan J, Jha AK. Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med. 2012 Oct 11; 367(15):1428-37. PMID: 23050526.
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  52. Wharam JF, Graves AJ, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Landon BE. Two-year trends in cancer screening among low socioeconomic status women in an HMO-based high-deductible health plan. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Sep; 27(9):1112-9. PMID: 22544705; PMCID: PMC3515008.
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  53. Hacker K, Penfold R, Zhang F, Soumerai SB. Impact of electronic health record transition on behavioral health screening in a large pediatric practice. Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Mar; 63(3):256-61. PMID: 22267253; PMCID: PMC3704213.
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  54. Galbraith AA, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Rosenthal MB, Gay C, Lieu TA. Delayed and forgone care for families with chronic conditions in high-deductible health plans. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Sep; 27(9):1105-11. PMID: 22249829; PMCID: PMC3514993.
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  55. Koppel R, Majumdar SR, Soumerai SB. Electronic health records and quality of diabetes care. N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 15; 365(24):2338-9; author reply 2339. PMID: 22168660.
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  56. Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Panas L, Soumerai SB, Ritter G. Is Customization in Antidepressant Prescribing Associated with Acute-Phase Treatment Adherence? J Pharm Health Serv Res. 2012 Mar 01; 3(1):11-16. PMID: 22707982.
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  57. Wharam JF, Landon BE, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. High-deductible insurance: two-year emergency department and hospital use. Am J Manag Care. 2011 Oct 01; 17(10):e410-8. PMID: 21999721.
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  58. Pande AH, Soumerai SB. Serious methodological flaws compromise study findings. BMJ. 2011 Sep 13; 343:d5797; author reply 5800. PMID: 21914749.
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  59. Wharam JF, Graves AJ, Landon BE, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Two-year trends in colorectal cancer screening after switch to a high-deductible health plan. Med Care. 2011 Sep; 49(9):865-71. PMID: 21577162.
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  60. Briesacher BA, Zhao Y, Madden JM, Zhang F, Adams AS, Tjia J, Ross-Degnan D, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB. Medicare part D and changes in prescription drug use and cost burden: national estimates for the Medicare population, 2000 to 2007. Med Care. 2011 Sep; 49(9):834-41. PMID: 21544002; PMCID: PMC3151472.
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  61. Nekhlyudov L, Madden J, Graves AJ, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Cost-related medication nonadherence and cost-saving strategies used by elderly Medicare cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2011 Dec; 5(4):395-404. PMID: 21800053; PMCID: PMC3767465.
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  62. Reiss SK, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Zaslavsky AM, Wharam JF. Effect of switching to a high-deductible health plan on use of chronic medications. Health Serv Res. 2011 Oct; 46(5):1382-401. PMID: 21413983; PMCID: PMC3207183.
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  63. Briesacher BA, Madden JM, Soumerai SB. Caution in generalizing Part D results to Medicare population. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Feb 28; 171(4):366-7; author reply 367. PMID: 21357816; PMCID: PMC3828644.
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  64. Galbraith AA, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Rosenthal MB, Gay C, Lieu TA. Nearly half of families in high-deductible health plans whose members have chronic conditions face substantial financial burden. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Feb; 30(2):322-31. PMID: 21289354; PMCID: PMC4423400.
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  65. Lu CY, Adams AS, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Zhang Y, Salzman C, Soumerai SB. Association between prior authorization for medications and health service use by Medicaid patients with bipolar disorder. Psychiatr Serv. 2011 Feb; 62(2):186-93. PMID: 21285097; PMCID: PMC3053119.
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  66. Kozhimannil KB, Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Busch AB, Huskamp HA. New Jersey's efforts to improve postpartum depression care did not change treatment patterns for women on medicaid. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011 Feb; 30(2):293-301. PMID: 21289351; PMCID: PMC3736568.
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  67. Faden L, Soumerai SB. Comment: Assessment of Changes in Utilization of Health-Care Services After Implementation of a Prior Authorization Policy for Atypical Antipsychotic Agents. Ann Pharmacother. 2011 Feb; 45(2):283. PMID: 21304028.
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  68. Serumaga B, Ross-Degnan D, Avery AJ, Elliott RA, Majumdar SR, Zhang F, Soumerai SB. Effect of pay for performance on the management and outcomes of hypertension in the United Kingdom: interrupted time series study. BMJ. 2011 Jan 25; 342:d108. PMID: 21266440; PMCID: PMC3026849.
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  69. Lu CY, Law MR, Soumerai SB, Graves AJ, LeCates RF, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS. Impact of prior authorization on the use and costs of lipid-lowering medications among Michigan and Indiana dual enrollees in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based study. Clin Ther. 2011 Jan; 33(1):135-44. PMID: 21397779; PMCID: PMC3980661.
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  70. Kozhimannil KB, Huskamp HA, Graves AJ, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Wharam JF. High-deductible health plans and costs and utilization of maternity care. Am J Manag Care. 2011; 17(1):e17-25. PMID: 21370935.
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  71. Kozhimannil KB, Huskamp HA, Graves AJ, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Wharam JF. High-deductible health plans and costs and utilization of maternity care. Am J Manag Care. 2011 Jan; 17(1):e17-25. PMID: 21485419.
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  72. Galbraith AA, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Abrams AM, Kleinman K, Rosenthal MB, Wharam JF, Adams AS, Miroshnik I, Lieu TA. Use of well-child visits in high-deductible health plans. Am J Manag Care. 2010 Nov; 16(11):833-40. PMID: 21348554; PMCID: PMC3984915.
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  73. Briesacher BA, Ross-Degnan D, Wagner AK, Fouayzi H, Zhang F, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB. Out-of-pocket burden of health care spending and the adequacy of the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy. Med Care. 2010 Jun; 48(6):503-9. PMID: 20473197; PMCID: PMC3084515.
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  74. Briesacher BA, Soumerai SB, Field TS, Fouayzi H, Gurwitz JH. Medicare part D's exclusion of benzodiazepines and fracture risk in nursing homes. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Apr 26; 170(8):693-8. PMID: 20421554; PMCID: PMC2907144.
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  75. Lin ND, Kleinman K, Chan KA, Soumerai S, Mehta J, Mullooly JP, Shay DK, Kolczak M, Lieu TA. Multiple vaccinations and the risk of medically attended fever. Vaccine. 2010 Jun 07; 28(25):4169-74. PMID: 20409495.
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  76. Law MR, Lu CY, Soumerai SB, Graves AJ, LeCates RF, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS. Impact of two Medicaid prior-authorization policies on antihypertensive use and costs among Michigan and Indiana residents dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based study. Clin Ther. 2010 Apr; 32(4):729-41; discussion 716. PMID: 20435243; PMCID: PMC3844690.
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  77. Simon SR, Trinacty CM, Soumerai SB, Piette JD, Meigs JB, Shi P, Ensroth A, Ross-Degnan D. Improving diabetes care among patients overdue for recommended testing: a randomized controlled trial of automated telephone outreach. Diabetes Care. 2010 Jul; 33(7):1452-3. PMID: 20357376; PMCID: PMC2890338.
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  78. Simon SR, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Ensroth A, Bernstein L, Fletcher RH, Ross-Degnan D. Failure of automated telephone outreach with speech recognition to improve colorectal cancer screening: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Feb 08; 170(3):264-70. PMID: 20142572.
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  79. Lu CY, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Adams AS. Unintended impacts of a Medicaid prior authorization policy on access to medications for bipolar illness. Med Care. 2010 Jan; 48(1):4-9. PMID: 19956079.
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  80. Zivin K, Madden JM, Graves AJ, Zhang F, Soumerai SB. Cost-related medication nonadherence among beneficiaries with depression following Medicare Part D. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Dec; 17(12):1068-76. PMID: 20104063; PMCID: PMC3773722.
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  81. Law MR, Soumerai SB, Adams AS, Majumdar SR. Costs and consequences of direct-to-consumer advertising for clopidogrel in Medicaid. Arch Intern Med. 2009 Nov 23; 169(21):1969-74. PMID: 19933958.
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  82. Madden JM, Graves AJ, Ross-Degnan D, Briesacher BA, Soumerai SB. Cost-related medication nonadherence after implementation of Medicare Part D, 2006-2007. JAMA. 2009 Oct 28; 302(16):1755-6. PMID: 19861666; PMCID: PMC3770299.
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  83. Briesacher BA, Soumerai SB, Field TS, Fouayzi H, Gurwitz JH. Nursing home residents and enrollment in Medicare Part D. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Oct; 57(10):1902-7. PMID: 19702612; PMCID: PMC2893584.
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  84. Majumdar SR, Soumerai SB. The unhealthy state of health policy research. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Sep-Oct; 28(5):w900-8. PMID: 19671571.
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  85. Smith DH, Feldstein AC, Perrin NA, Yang X, Rix MM, Raebel MA, Magid DJ, Simon SR, Soumerai SB. Improving laboratory monitoring of medications: an economic analysis alongside a clinical trial. Am J Manag Care. 2009 May; 15(5):281-9. PMID: 19435396.
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  87. Galbraith AA, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Miroshnik I, Wharam JF, Kleinman K, Lieu TA. High-deductible health plans: are vulnerable families enrolled? Pediatrics. 2009 Apr; 123(4):e589-94. PMID: 19336350; PMCID: PMC2683628.
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  90. Zhang F, Wagner AK, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Methods for estimating confidence intervals in interrupted time series analyses of health interventions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Feb; 62(2):143-8. PMID: 19010644; PMCID: PMC3828652.
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  91. Law MR, Majumdar SR, Soumerai SB. Effect of illicit direct to consumer advertising on use of etanercept, mometasone, and tegaserod in Canada: controlled longitudinal study. BMJ. 2008 Sep 02; 337:a1055. PMID: 18765444; PMCID: PMC2528895.
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  92. Morden NE, Zerzan JT, Rue TC, Heagerty PJ, Roughead EE, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Sullivan SD. Medicaid prior authorization and controlled-release oxycodone. Med Care. 2008 Jun; 46(6):573-80. PMID: 18520311.
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  93. Wharam JF, Galbraith AA, Kleinman KP, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Landon BE. Cancer screening before and after switching to a high-deductible health plan. Ann Intern Med. 2008 May 06; 148(9):647-55. PMID: 18458277.
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  94. Law MR, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB. Effect of prior authorization of second-generation antipsychotic agents on pharmacy utilization and reimbursements. Psychiatr Serv. 2008 May; 59(5):540-6. PMID: 18451014.
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  95. Madden JM, Graves AJ, Zhang F, Adams AS, Briesacher BA, Ross-Degnan D, Gurwitz JH, Pierre-Jacques M, Safran DG, Adler GS, Soumerai SB. Cost-related medication nonadherence and spending on basic needs following implementation of Medicare Part D. JAMA. 2008 Apr 23; 299(16):1922-8. PMID: 18430911; PMCID: PMC3781951.
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  96. Soumerai SB. Letter writers On antipsychotic PA policy study corroborate our evidence. Health Affairs (correspondence, eLetter). 2008; (Epub).
  97. Lu CY, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Pearson SA. Interventions designed to improve the quality and efficiency of medication use in managed care: a critical review of the literature - 2001-2007. BMC Health Serv Res. 2008 Apr 07; 8:75. PMID: 18394200; PMCID: PMC2323373.
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  98. Pierre-Jacques M, Safran DG, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS, Gurwitz J, Rusinak D, Soumerai SB. Reliability of new measures of cost-related medication nonadherence. Med Care. 2008 Apr; 46(4):444-8. PMID: 18362826.
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  99. Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Ball DE, LeCates RF, Law MR, Hughes TE, Chapman D, Adams AS. Use of atypical antipsychotic drugs for schizophrenia in Maine Medicaid following a policy change. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 May-Jun; 27(3):w185-95. PMID: 18381404.
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  100. Smith DH, Kramer JM, Perrin N, Platt R, Roblin DW, Lane K, Goodman M, Nelson WW, Yang X, Soumerai SB. A randomized trial of direct-to-patient communication to enhance adherence to beta-blocker therapy following myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Mar 10; 168(5):477-83; discussion 483; quiz 447. PMID: 18332291.
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  101. Tjia J, Briesacher BA, Soumerai SB, Pierre-Jacques M, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Gurwitz JH. Medicare beneficiaries and free prescription drug samples: a national survey. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jun; 23(6):709-14. PMID: 18365289; PMCID: PMC2517874.
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  102. Adams AS, Trinacty CM, Zhang F, Kleinman K, Grant RW, Meigs JB, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Medication adherence and racial differences in A1C control. Diabetes Care. 2008 May; 31(5):916-21. PMID: 18235050; PMCID: PMC2563955.
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  103. Law MR, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS. A longitudinal study of medication nonadherence and hospitalization risk in schizophrenia. J Clin Psychiatry. 2008 Jan; 69(1):47-53. PMID: 18312037.
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  105. Briesacher BA, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS, Wagner AK, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB. Redefining the affordability of medication expenditures among Medicaid enrollees. J Hlth and Soc Policy Review. 2008; (in press).
  106. Pierre-Jacques M, Safran DG, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan R, Adams AS, Gurwitz JG, Rusinak D, Soumerai SB. Reliability of new measures of cost related medication nonadherence. Medical Care 2008. 2008; 46:444-8.
  107. Finkelstein JA, Huang SS, Kleinman K, Rifas-Shiman SL, Stille CJ, Daniel J, Schiff N, Steingard R, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Goldmann D, Platt R. Impact of a 16-community trial to promote judicious antibiotic use in Massachusetts. Pediatrics. 2008 Jan; 121(1):e15-23. PMID: 18166533.
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  108. Swartz K, Ayanian JZ, Soumerai SB, Epstein AM, Blumenthal D, McNeil BJ, Frank RG. Cures for an ailing system. Newsweek. 2007 Dec 10; 150(24):78, 80, 82 passim. PMID: 19146225.
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  109. Lafata JE, Gunter MJ, Hsu J, Kaatz S, Krajenta R, Platt R, Schultz L, Selby JV, Simon SR, Simpkins J, Soumerai SB, Uratsu C. Academic detailing to improve laboratory testing among outpatient medication users. Med Care. 2007 Oct; 45(10):966-72. PMID: 17890994.
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  110. Trinacty CM, Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Meigs JB, Piette JD, Ross-Degnan D. Racial differences in long-term self-monitoring practice among newly drug-treated diabetes patients in an HMO. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov; 22(11):1506-13. PMID: 17763913; PMCID: PMC2219792.
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  111. Srivastava R, Landrigan CP, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Homer CJ, Goldmann DA, Muret-Wagstaff S. Impact of a hospitalist system on length of stay and cost for children with common conditions. Pediatrics. 2007 Aug; 120(2):267-74. PMID: 17671051.
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  113. Zhang Y, Soumerai SB. Do newer prescription drugs pay for themselves? A reassessment of the evidence. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007 May-Jun; 26(3):880-6. PMID: 17485770.
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  114. Bambauer KZ, Safran DG, Ross-Degnan D, Zhang F, Adams AS, Gurwitz J, Pierre-Jacques M, Soumerai SB. Depression and cost-related medication nonadherence in Medicare beneficiaries. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007 May; 64(5):602-8. PMID: 17485612.
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  117. Soumerai SB, Law MR. Cost-effectiveness of schizophrenia pharmacotherapy. Am J Psychiatry. 2007 Apr; 164(4):678; author reply 678-9. PMID: 17403984.
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  118. Wharam JF, Landon BE, Galbraith AA, Kleinman KP, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Emergency department use and subsequent hospitalizations among members of a high-deductible health plan. JAMA. 2007 Mar 14; 297(10):1093-102. PMID: 17356030.
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  119. Grant R, Adams AS, Trinacty CM, Zhang F, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, Meigs JB, Ross-Degnan D. Relationship between patient medication adherence and subsequent clinical inertia in type 2 diabetes glycemic management. Diabetes Care. 2007 Apr; 30(4):807-12. PMID: 17259469.
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  120. Wagner AK, Ross-Degnan D, Gurwitz JH, Zhang F, Gilden DB, Cosler L, Soumerai SB. Effect of New York State regulatory action on benzodiazepine prescribing and hip fracture rates. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jan 16; 146(2):96-103. PMID: 17227933.
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  129. Simon SR, Rodriguez HP, Majumdar SR, Kleinman K, Warner C, Salem-Schatz S, Miroshnik I, Soumerai SB, Prosser LA. Economic analysis of a randomized trial of academic detailing interventions to improve use of antihypertensive medications. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2007 Jan; 9(1):15-20. PMID: 17215654.
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  130. Zerzan JT, Morden NE, Soumerai S, Ross-Degnan D, Roughead E, Zhang F, Simoni-Wastila L, Sullivan SD. Trends and geographic variation of opiate medication use in state Medicaid fee-for-service programs, 1996 to 2002. Med Care. 2006 Nov; 44(11):1005-10. PMID: 17063132.
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  133. Choudhry NK, Soumerai SB, Normand SL, Ross-Degnan D, Laupacis A, Anderson GM. Warfarin prescribing in atrial fibrillation: the impact of physician, patient, and hospital characteristics. Am J Med. 2006 Jul; 119(7):607-15. PMID: 16828633.
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  135. Simon SR, Smith DH, Feldstein AC, Perrin N, Yang X, Zhou Y, Platt R, Soumerai SB. Computerized prescribing alerts and group academic detailing to reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Jun; 54(6):963-8. PMID: 16776793.
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  136. Smith DH, Perrin N, Feldstein A, Yang X, Kuang D, Simon SR, Sittig DF, Platt R, Soumerai SB. The impact of prescribing safety alerts for elderly persons in an electronic medical record: an interrupted time series evaluation. Arch Intern Med. 2006 May 22; 166(10):1098-104. PMID: 16717172.
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  137. Feldstein AC, Smith DH, Perrin N, Yang X, Simon SR, Krall M, Sittig DF, Ditmer D, Platt R, Soumerai SB. Reducing warfarin medication interactions: an interrupted time series evaluation. Arch Intern Med. 2006 May 08; 166(9):1009-15. PMID: 16682575.
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  138. Mah CA, Soumerai SB, Adams AS, Ross-Degnan D. Racial differences in impact of coverage on diabetes self-monitoring in a health maintenance organization. Med Care. 2006 May; 44(5):392-7. PMID: 16641656.
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  139. Roughead EE, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai S. Differential effect of early or late implementation of prior authorization policies on the use of Cox II inhibitors. Med Care. 2006 Apr; 44(4):378-82. PMID: 16565640.
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  140. Bambauer KZ, Adams AS, Zhang F, Minkoff N, Grande A, Weisblatt R, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Physician alerts to increase antidepressant adherence: fax or fiction? Arch Intern Med. 2006 Mar 13; 166(5):498-504. PMID: 16534035.
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  141. Pearson SA, Soumerai S, Mah C, Zhang F, Simoni-Wastila L, Salzman C, Cosler LE, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Ross-Degnan D. Racial disparities in access after regulatory surveillance of benzodiazepines. Arch Intern Med. 2006 Mar 13; 166(5):572-9. PMID: 16534046.
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  142. Choudhry NK, Anderson GM, Laupacis A, Ross-Degnan D, Normand SL, Soumerai SB. Impact of adverse events on prescribing warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: matched pair analysis. BMJ. 2006 Jan 21; 332(7534):141-5. PMID: 16403771; PMCID: PMC1336760.
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  144. Park S, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS, Sabin J, Kanavos P, Soumerai SB. A population-based study of the effect of switching from typical to atypical antipsychotics on extrapyramidal symptoms among patients with schizophrenia. Br J Psych. 2006; 188:492-3.
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  146. Elliott RA, Majumdar SR, Gillick MR, Soumerai SB. Benefits and consequences for the poor and the disabled. N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec 29; 353(26):2739-41. PMID: 16382058.
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  147. Finkelstein JA, Lozano P, Fuhlbrigge AL, Carey VJ, Inui TS, Soumerai SB, Sullivan SD, Wagner EH, Weiss ST, Weiss KB. Practice-level effects of interventions to improve asthma care in primary care settings: the Pediatric Asthma Care Patient Outcomes Research Team. Health Serv Res. 2005 Dec; 40(6 Pt 1):1737-57. PMID: 16336546; PMCID: PMC1361234.
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  148. Roblin DW, Platt R, Goodman MJ, Hsu J, Nelson WW, Smith DH, Andrade SE, Soumerai SB. Effect of increased cost-sharing on oral hypoglycemic use in five managed care organizations: how much is too much? Med Care. 2005 Oct; 43(10):951-9. PMID: 16166864.
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  149. Bambauer KZ, Sabin JE, Soumerai SB. The exclusion of benzodiazepine coverage in medicare: simple steps for avoiding a public health crisis. Psychiatr Serv. 2005 Sep; 56(9):1143-6. PMID: 16148332.
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  150. Park S, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS, Sabin J, Kanavos P, Soumerai SB. Effect of switching antipsychotics on antiparkinsonian medication use in schizophrenia: population-based study. Br J Psychiatry. 2005 Aug; 187:137-42. PMID: 16055824.
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  151. Park S, Soumerai SB, Adams AS, Finkelstein JA, Jang S, Ross-Degnan D. Antibiotic use following a Korean national policy to prohibit medication dispensing by physicians. Health Policy Plan. 2005 Sep; 20(5):302-9. PMID: 16000369.
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  153. Majumdar SR, Ross-Degnan D, Farraye FA, Lee M, Kemp JA, Lecates RF, Henning JM, Tunis SR, Schrammel P, Soumerai SB. Controlled trial of interventions to increase testing and treatment for Helicobacter pylori and reduce medication use in patients with chronic acid-related symptoms. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Apr 15; 21(8):1029-39. PMID: 15813839.
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  154. Simon SR, Soumerai SB. Failure of Internet-based audit and feedback to improve quality of care delivered by primary care residents. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005 Oct; 17(5):427-31. PMID: 15831542.
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  155. Choudhry NK, Fletcher RH, Soumerai SB. Systematic review: the relationship between clinical experience and quality of health care. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Feb 15; 142(4):260-73. PMID: 15710959.
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  156. Simon SR, Chan KA, Soumerai SB, Wagner AK, Andrade SE, Feldstein AC, Lafata JE, Davis RL, Gurwitz JH. Potentially inappropriate medication use by elderly persons in U.S. Health Maintenance Organizations, 2000-2001. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Feb; 53(2):227-32. PMID: 15673345.
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  158. Rundall TG, Hsu J, Lafata JE, Fung V, Paez KA, Simpkins J, Simon SR, Robinson SB, Uratsu C, Gunter MJ, Soumerai SB. Prescribing Safety in Ambulatory Care: Physican Perspectives. Henriksen K, Battles JB, Marks E, and Lewin DI, eds. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. 2005; 1:161-71.
  159. Bambauer KZ, Sabin JE, Soumerai SB. The exclusion of benzodiazepine coverage in Medicare: simple steps for avoiding a public health crisis. Pyschiatric Services. 2005; 56:1143-6.
  160. Feldstein AC, Smith DH, Robertson NR, Kovach CA, Soumerai SB, Simon SR, Sittig DF, Laferriere DS, Kalter M. Design and Implementation of Decision Support for Outpatient Prescribing in an Electronic Medical Record: The Safety in Prescribing Study. Henriksen K, Battles JB, Marks E, and Lewin DI, eds. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. 2005; 2:2-38.
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  162. Feldstein A, Simon SR, Schneider J, Krall M, Laferriere D, Smith DH, Sittig DF, Soumerai SB. How to design computerized alerts to safe prescribing practices. Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004 Nov; 30(11):602-13. PMID: 15565759.
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  163. Lozano P, Finkelstein JA, Carey VJ, Wagner EH, Inui TS, Fuhlbrigge AL, Soumerai SB, Sullivan SD, Weiss ST, Weiss KB. A multisite randomized trial of the effects of physician education and organizational change in chronic-asthma care: health outcomes of the Pediatric Asthma Care Patient Outcomes Research Team II Study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004 Sep; 158(9):875-83. PMID: 15351753.
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  164. Wagner AK, Zhang F, Soumerai SB, Walker AM, Gurwitz JH, Glynn RJ, Ross-Degnan D. Benzodiazepine use and hip fractures in the elderly: who is at greatest risk? Arch Intern Med. 2004 Jul 26; 164(14):1567-72. PMID: 15277291.
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  165. Schneeweiss S, Dormuth C, Grootendorst P, Soumerai SB, Maclure M. Net health plan savings from reference pricing for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in elderly British Columbia residents. Med Care. 2004 Jul; 42(7):653-60. PMID: 15213490.
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  166. Soumerai SB, Mah C, Zhang F, Adams A, Barton M, Fajtova V, Ross-Degnan D. Effects of health maintenance organization coverage of self-monitoring devices on diabetes self-care and glycemic control. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Mar 22; 164(6):645-52. PMID: 15037493.
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  167. Simoni-Wastila L, Ross-Degnan D, Mah C, Gao X, Brown J, Cosler LE, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Salzman C, Soumerai SB. A retrospective data analysis of the impact of the New York triplicate prescription program on benzodiazepine use in medicaid patients with chronic psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Clin Ther. 2004 Feb; 26(2):322-36. PMID: 15038954.
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  169. Madden JM, Soumerai SB, Lieu TA, Mandl KD, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D. Length-of-stay policies and ascertainment of postdischarge problems in newborns. Pediatrics. 2004 Jan; 113(1 Pt 1):42-9. PMID: 14702445.
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  171. Bambauer KZ, Soumerai SB, Adams AS, Mah C, Zhang F, McLaughlin TJ. Does antidepressant adherence have an effect on glycemic control among diabetic antidepressant users? Int J Psychiatry Med. 2004; 34(4):291-304. PMID: 15825580.
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  172. Soumerai SB. Benefits and risks of increasing restrictions on access to costly drugs in Medicaid. Health Aff (Millwood). 2004 Jan-Feb; 23(1):135-46. PMID: 15002636.
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  173. Majumdar SR, Soumerai SB, Farraye FA, Lee M, Kemp JA, Henning JM, Schrammel P, LeCates RF, Ross-Degnan D. Chronic acid-related disorders are common and underinvestigated. Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 Nov; 98(11):2409-14. PMID: 14638341.
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  174. Pearson SA, Ross-Degnan D, Payson A, Soumerai SB. Changing medication use in managed care: a critical review of the available evidence. Am J Manag Care. 2003 Nov; 9(11):715-31. PMID: 14626470.
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  175. Majumdar SR, McAlister FA, Soumerai SB. Synergy between publication and promotion: comparing adoption of new evidence in Canada and the United States. Am J Med. 2003 Oct 15; 115(6):467-72. PMID: 14567371.
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  176. Schneeweiss S, Soumerai SB, Maclure M, Dormuth C, Walker AM, Glynn RJ. Clinical and economic consequences of reference pricing for dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2003 Oct; 74(4):388-400. PMID: 14534526.
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  177. Wagner AK, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Mah C, Simoni-Wastila L, Cosler L, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Ross-Degnan D. Effects of state surveillance on new post-hospitalization benzodiazepine use. Int J Qual Health Care. 2003 Oct; 15(5):423-31. PMID: 14527986.
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  178. Sinha A, Madden J, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai S, Platt R. Reduced risk of neonatal respiratory infections among breastfed girls but not boys. Pediatrics. 2003 Oct; 112(4):e303. PMID: 14523216.
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  179. Soumerai SB, Adams AS. Evidence needed before action. Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Sep-Oct; 22(5):261-2; author reply 262-3. PMID: 14515905.
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  180. Majumdar SR, Soumerai SB. Why most interventions to improve physician prescribing do not seem to work. CMAJ. 2003 Jul 08; 169(1):30-1. PMID: 12847036; PMCID: PMC164939.
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  182. Adams AS, Mah C, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Barton MB, Ross-Degnan D. Barriers to self-monitoring of blood glucose among adults with diabetes in an HMO: a cross sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2003 Mar 19; 3(1):6. PMID: 12659642; PMCID: PMC153532.
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  183. Madden JM, Soumerai SB, Lieu TA, Mandl KD, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D. Effects on breastfeeding of changes in maternity length-of-stay policy in a large health maintenance organization. Pediatrics. 2003 Mar; 111(3):519-24. PMID: 12612230.
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  184. Madden JM, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB. Effects of a law against early postpartum discharge.(correspondence). N Engl J Med. 2003; 348:1602-3.
  185. Soumerai S. Unintended outcomes of medicaid drug cost-containment policies on the chronically mentally ill. J Clin Psychiatry. 2003; 64 Suppl 17:19-22. PMID: 14680423.
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  187. Duetz MS, Schneeweiss S, Maclure M, Abel T, Glynn RJ, Soumerai SB. Physician gender and changes in drug prescribing after the implementation of reference pricing in British Columbia. Clin Ther. 2003 Jan; 25(1):273-84. PMID: 12637126.
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  188. Majumdar SR, Soumerai SB. Interventions to improve physician prescribing: When is the juice worth the squeeze? (commentary). Can Med Assoc J. 2003; 169:30-1.
  189. Soumerai SB, Adams AS. Evidence needed before action. (correspondence). Health Affairs. 2003; 22:261-2.
  190. Madden JM, Soumerai SB, Lieu TA, Mandl KD, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D. Effects of a law against early postpartum discharge on newborn follow-up, adverse events, and HMO expenditures. N Engl J Med. 2002 Dec 19; 347(25):2031-8. PMID: 12490685.
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  191. Landrigan CP, Srivastava R, Muret-Wagstaff S, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Graef JW, Homer CJ, Goldmann DA. Impact of a health maintenance organization hospitalist system in academic pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2002 Oct; 110(4):720-8. PMID: 12359785.
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  192. Schneeweiss S, Maclure M, Soumerai SB, Walker AM, Glynn RJ. Quasi-experimental longitudinal designs to evaluate drug benefit policy changes with low policy compliance. J Clin Epidemiol. 2002 Aug; 55(8):833-41. PMID: 12384199.
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  193. Wagner AK, Soumerai SB, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D. Segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series studies in medication use research. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2002 Aug; 27(4):299-309. PMID: 12174032.
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  194. Schneeweiss S, Soumerai SB, Maclure M. Reference drug pricing. CMAJ. 2002 Jul 23; 167(2):126-7; author reply 127-8. PMID: 12160115; PMCID: PMC117083.
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  195. Schneeweiss S, Soumerai SB, Glynn RJ, Maclure M, Dormuth C, Walker AM. Impact of reference-based pricing for angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors on drug utilization. CMAJ. 2002 Mar 19; 166(6):737-45. PMID: 11944760; PMCID: PMC99452.
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  196. Schneeweiss S, Walker AM, Glynn RJ, Maclure M, Dormuth C, Soumerai SB. Outcomes of reference pricing for angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors. N Engl J Med. 2002 Mar 14; 346(11):822-9. PMID: 11893794.
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  197. Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Ross-Degnan D, Christiansen CL, Gurwitz JH. Effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: cause for concern in the old-old. Arch Intern Med. 2002 Mar 11; 162(5):561-8. PMID: 11871924.
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  198. Schneeweiss S, Maclure M, Soumerai SB. Prescription duration after drug copay changes in older people: methodological aspects. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002 Mar; 50(3):521-5. PMID: 11943050.
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  199. Zhang F, Wagner A, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Estimating confidence intervals around relative changes in outcomes in segmented regression analyses of time series data. NESUG Fifteenth Annual Conference Proceedings. 2002; 748-5.
  200. Danzon PM, Soumerai SB. Pharmaceuticals: Access, Cost, Pricing, and Directions for the Future. 2002.
  201. Soumerai SB, Adams AS, Ross-Degnan D. Medicare prescription coverage and congressional gridlock. J Gen Intern Med. 2001 Dec; 16(12):864-6. PMID: 11903767; PMCID: PMC1495299.
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  202. Barton MB, Dayhoff DA, Soumerai SB, Rosenbach ML, Fletcher RH. Measuring access to effective care among elderly medicare enrollees in managed and Fee-for-Service care: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2001; 1:11. PMID: 11716798; PMCID: PMC59902.
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  203. Federman AD, Adams AS, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Ayanian JZ. Supplemental insurance and use of effective cardiovascular drugs among elderly medicare beneficiaries with coronary heart disease. JAMA. 2001 Oct 10; 286(14):1732-9. PMID: 11594898.
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  204. Ratanawijitrasin S, Soumerai SB, Weerasuriya K. Do national medicinal drug policies and essential drug programs improve drug use?: a review of experiences in developing countries. Soc Sci Med. 2001 Oct; 53(7):831-44. PMID: 11522132.
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  205. Majumdar SR, Soumerai SB, Lee M, Ross-Degnan D. Designing an intervention to improve the management of Helicobacter pylori infection. Jt Comm J Qual Improv. 2001 Aug; 27(8):405-14. PMID: 11480202.
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  206. Platt R, Davis R, Finkelstein J, Go AS, Gurwitz JH, Roblin D, Soumerai S, Ross-Degnan D, Andrade S, Goodman MJ, Martinson B, Raebel MA, Smith D, Ulcickas-Yood M, Chan KA. Multicenter epidemiologic and health services research on therapeutics in the HMO Research Network Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2001 Aug-Sep; 10(5):373-7. PMID: 11802579.
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  207. Finkelstein JA, Davis RL, Dowell SF, Metlay JP, Soumerai SB, Rifas-Shiman SL, Higham M, Miller Z, Miroshnik I, Pedan A, Platt R. Reducing antibiotic use in children: a randomized trial in 12 practices. Pediatrics. 2001 Jul; 108(1):1-7. PMID: 11433046.
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  208. Fortess EE, Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Ross-Degnan D. Utilization of essential medications by vulnerable older people after a drug benefit cap: importance of mental disorders, chronic pain, and practice setting. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001 Jun; 49(6):793-7. PMID: 11454120.
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  209. Majumdar SR, Inui TS, Gurwitz JH, Gillman MW, McLaughlin TJ, Soumerai SB. Influence of physician specialty on adoption and relinquishment of calcium channel blockers and other treatments for myocardial infarction. J Gen Intern Med. 2001 Jun; 16(6):351-9. PMID: 11422631; PMCID: PMC1495223.
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  210. Schneeweiss S, Maclure M, Walker AM, Grootendorst P, Soumerai SB. On the evaluation of drug benefits policy changes with longitudinal claims data: the policy maker's versus the clinician's perspective. Health Policy. 2001 Feb; 55(2):97-109. PMID: 11163649.
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  211. Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. The case for a medicare drug coverage benefit: a critical review of the empirical evidence. Annu Rev Public Health. 2001; 22:49-61. PMID: 11274510.
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  212. Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Use of antihypertensive drugs by Medicare enrollees: does type of drug coverage matter? Health Aff (Millwood). 2001 Jan-Feb; 20(1):276-86. PMID: 11194852.
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  213. Willison DJ, Soumerai SB, Palmer RH. Association of physician and hospital volume with use of aspirin and reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction. Med Care. 2000 Nov; 38(11):1092-102. PMID: 11078050.
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  214. Finkelstein JA, Lozano P, Shulruff R, Inui TS, Soumerai SB, Ng M, Weiss KB. Self-reported physician practices for children with asthma: are national guidelines followed? Pediatrics. 2000 Oct; 106(4 Suppl):886-96. PMID: 11044140.
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  215. Moynihan R, Bero L, Ross-Degnan D, Henry D, Lee K, Watkins J, Mah C, Soumerai SB. Coverage by the news media of the benefits and risks of medications. N Engl J Med. 2000 Jun 01; 342(22):1645-50. PMID: 10833211.
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  216. Guadagnoli E, Soumerai SB, Gurwitz JH, Borbas C, Shapiro CL, Weeks JC, Morris N. Improving discussion of surgical treatment options for patients with breast cancer: local medical opinion leaders versus audit and performance feedback. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2000 May; 61(2):171-5. PMID: 10942103.
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  217. Gelfand AE, Ghosh SK, Christiansen CL, Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ. Proportional hazards models: a latent-risks approach. Applied Statistics. 2000; 49, Part 3:C4363/1-13.
  218. Gelfand AE, Ecker MD, Christiansen CL, McLaughlin TJ, Soumerai SB. Conditional categorical response models with application to treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Applied Statistics. 2000; 49, Part 2:171-86.
  219. Hennessy S, Strom BL, Lipton HL, Soumerai SB. Drug Utilization Review. Strom B, ed. Pharmacoepidemiology (Third Edition). 2000.
  220. Soumerai SB, Lipton HL, Majumdar S. Evaluating and improving drug prescribing. Strom B, ed. Pharmacoepidemiology (Third Edition). 2000.
  221. Majumdar SR, Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB. Undertreatment of hyperlipidemia in the secondary prevention of coronary artery disease. J Gen Intern Med. 1999 Dec; 14(12):711-7. PMID: 10632815; PMCID: PMC1496865.
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  222. McLaughlin TJ, Gurwitz JH, Willison DJ, Gao X, Soumerai SB. Delayed thrombolytic treatment of older patients with acute myocardial infarction. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999 Oct; 47(10):1222-8. PMID: 10522956.
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  223. Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Gurwitz JH, Pearson S, Christiansen CL, Borbas C, Morris N, McLaughlin B, Gao X, Ross-Degnan D. Timeliness and quality of care for elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction under health maintenance organization vs fee-for-service insurance. Arch Intern Med. 1999 Sep 27; 159(17):2013-20. PMID: 10510986.
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  224. McLaughlin TJ, Soumerai SB, Weinrib D, Aupont O, Cotton D. The association between primary source of ambulatory care and access to and outcomes of treatment among AIDS patients. Int J Qual Health Care. 1999 Aug; 11(4):293-300. PMID: 10501599.
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  225. Adams AS, Soumerai SB, Lomas J, Ross-Degnan D. Evidence of self-report bias in assessing adherence to guidelines. Int J Qual Health Care. 1999 Jun; 11(3):187-92. PMID: 10435838.
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  226. Gillman MW, Ross-Degnan D, McLaughlin TJ, Gao X, Spiegelman D, Hertzmark E, Goldman L, Soumerai SB. Effects of long-acting versus short-acting calcium channel blockers among older survivors of acute myocardial infarction. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1999 May; 47(5):512-7. PMID: 10323641.
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  227. Soumerai SB, Lipton HL. Pharmaceutical benefits managers and optimizing prescribing. JAMA. 1999 Apr 07; 281(13):1168-9. PMID: 10199418.
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  228. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Inadequate prescription-drug coverage for Medicare enrollees--a call to action. N Engl J Med. 1999 Mar 04; 340(9):722-8. PMID: 10053183.
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  229. Willison DJ, Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Gurwitz JH, Gao X, Guadagnoli E, Pearson S, Hauptman P, McLaughlin B. Consultation between cardiologists and generalists in the management of acute myocardial infarction: implications for quality of care. Arch Intern Med. 1998 Sep 14; 158(16):1778-83. PMID: 9738607.
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  230. Guadagnoli E, Shapiro CL, Weeks JC, Gurwitz JH, Borbas C, Soumerai SB. The quality of care for treatment of early stage breast carcinoma: is it consistent with national guidelines? Cancer. 1998 Jul 15; 83(2):302-9. PMID: 9669813.
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  231. Majumdar SR, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB. A computer-assisted management program for antiinfective agents. N Engl J Med. 1998 Jun 11; 338(24):1775; author reply 1776. PMID: 9625643.
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  232. Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Gurwitz JH, Guadagnoli E, Hauptman PJ, Borbas C, Morris N, McLaughlin B, Gao X, Willison DJ, Asinger R, Gobel F. Effect of local medical opinion leaders on quality of care for acute myocardial infarction: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 1998 May 06; 279(17):1358-63. PMID: 9582043.
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  233. Brufsky JW, Ross-Degnan D, Calabrese D, Gao X, Soumerai SB. Shifting physician prescribing to a preferred histamine-2-receptor antagonist. Effects of a multifactorial intervention in a mixed-model health maintenance organization. Med Care. 1998 Mar; 36(3):321-32. PMID: 9520957.
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  234. Soumerai SB. Principles and uses of academic detailing to improve the management of psychiatric disorders. Int J Psychiatry Med. 1998; 28(1):81-96. PMID: 9617649.
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  235. Guadagnoli E, Weeks JC, Shapiro CL, Gurwitz JH, Borbas C, Soumerai SB. Use of breast-conserving surgery for treatment of stage I and stage II breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 1998 Jan; 16(1):101-6. PMID: 9440729.
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  236. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Insurance copayments and delays in seeking emergency care. N Engl J Med. 1997 Oct 23; 337(17):1247; author reply 1247-8. PMID: 9340531.
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  237. Guadagnoli E, Shapiro C, Gurwitz JH, Silliman RA, Weeks JC, Borbas C, Soumerai SB. Age-related patterns of care: evidence against ageism in the treatment of early-stage breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 1997 Jun; 15(6):2338-44. PMID: 9196148.
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  238. Gurwitz JH, McLaughlin TJ, Willison DJ, Guadagnoli E, Hauptman PJ, Gao X, Soumerai SB. Delayed hospital presentation in patients who have had acute myocardial infarction. Ann Intern Med. 1997 Apr 15; 126(8):593-9. PMID: 9103125.
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  239. Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Spiegelman D, Hertzmark E, Thibault G, Goldman L. Adverse outcomes of underuse of beta-blockers in elderly survivors of acute myocardial infarction. JAMA. 1997 Jan 08; 277(2):115-21. PMID: 8990335.
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  240. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Fortess EE, Walser BL. Determinants of change in Medicaid pharmaceutical cost sharing: does evidence affect policy? Milbank Q. 1997; 75(1):11-34. PMID: 9063299; PMCID: PMC2751039.
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  241. Soumerai SB, Spiegelman D, Thibault G, Goldman L . Adverse outcomes of underuse of beta-blockers in elderly patients. (correspondence). JAMA. 1997; 277:1436-7.
  242. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Absence of association between insurance copayments and delays in seeking emergency care among patients with myocardial infarctions. (correspondence). N Engl J Med. 1997; 337:1247.
  243. McLaughlin TJ, Soumerai SB, Willison DJ, Gurwitz JH, Gao X, Borbas C, Gobel F. The effect of comorbidity on use of thrombolysis or aspirin in patients with acute myocardial infarction eligible for treatment. J Gen Intern Med. 1997 Jan; 12(1):1-6. PMID: 9034940; PMCID: PMC1497054.
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  244. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Prescribing budgets: Economic, clinical, and ethical perspectives. Australian Prescriber. 1997; 20:28-9.
  245. Goel PK, Ross-Degnan D, McLaughlin TJ, Soumerai SB. Influence of location and staff knowledge on quality of retail pharmacy prescribing for childhood diarrhea in Kenya. Int J Qual Health Care. 1996 Dec; 8(6):519-26. PMID: 9007601.
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  246. Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Goel PK, Bates J, Makhulo J, Dondi N, Adi D, Ferraz-Tabor L, Hogan R. The impact of face-to-face educational outreach on diarrhoea treatment in pharmacies. Health Policy Plan. 1996 Sep; 11(3):308-18. PMID: 10160376.
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  247. Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB. HMO formularies and care costs. Lancet. 1996 May 04; 347(9010):1264. PMID: 8622479.
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  248. McLaughlin TJ, Soumerai SB, Willison DJ, Gurwitz JH, Borbas C, Guadagnoli E, McLaughlin B, Morris N, Cheng SC, Hauptman PJ, Antman E, Casey L, Asinger R, Gobel F. Adherence to national guidelines for drug treatment of suspected acute myocardial infarction: evidence for undertreatment in women and the elderly. Arch Intern Med. 1996 Apr 08; 156(7):799-805. PMID: 8615714.
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  249. Goel P, Ross-Degnan D, Berman P, Soumerai S. Retail pharmacies in developing countries: a behavior and intervention framework. Soc Sci Med. 1996 Apr; 42(8):1155-61. PMID: 8737433.
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  250. Col NF, McLaughlin TJ, Soumerai SB, Hosmer DW, Yarzebski J, Gurwitz JH, Gore JM, Goldberg RJ. The impact of clinical trials on the use of medications for acute myocardial infarction. Results of a community-based study. Arch Intern Med. 1996 Jan 08; 156(1):54-60. PMID: 8526697.
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  251. Walser BL, Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB. Do open formularies increase access to clinically useful drugs? Health Aff (Millwood). 1996; 15(3):95-109. PMID: 8854512.
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  252. Soumerai SB, Lipton HL. Computer-based drug-utilization review--risk, benefit, or boondoggle? N Engl J Med. 1995 Jun 15; 332(24):1641-5. PMID: 7753146.
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  253. Soumerai SB. Are the peers peers? JAMA. 1995 Feb 15; 273(7):523; author reply 523-4. PMID: 7837379.
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  254. Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Avorn J, Bohn RL, Bright R, Aledort LM. Hemophilia home treatment. Economic analysis and implications for health policy. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1995; 11(2):327-44. PMID: 7790175.
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  255. Soumerai SB, Lipton HL. Computer-based drug-utilization review. (correspondence). N Engl J Med. 1995; 333(19):1290-9.
  256. Lipton HL, Byrns PJ, Soumerai SB, Chrischilles EA. Pharmacists as agents of change for rational drug therapy. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1995; 11(3):485-508. PMID: 7591549.
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  257. Soumerai SB. Are the Peers Peers?(correspondence). JAMA. 1995; 273:522-4 .
  258. Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Fortess EE, Gurwitz JH. Withdrawal of a drug from the market: what should the prescriber do? JAMA. 1994 Oct 26; 272(16):1253. PMID: 7933365.
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  259. Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Ross-Degnan D, Casteris CS, Bollini P. Effects of a limiting Medicaid drug-reimbursement benefits on the use of psychotropic agents and acute mental health services by patients with schizophrenia. N Engl J Med. 1994 09 08; 331(10):650-5. PMID: 8052275.
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  260. Goldberg HI, Cummings MA, Steinberg EP, Ricci EM, Shannon T, Soumerai SB, Mittman BS, Eisenberg J, Heck DA, Kaplan S, et al. Deliberations on the dissemination of PORT products: translating research findings into improved patient outcomes. Med Care. 1994 Jul; 32(7 Suppl):JS90-110. PMID: 8028416.
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  261. Soumerai SB, Lipton HL. Evaluating and Improving drug prescribing. Strom B, ed. Pharmacoepidemiology (Second edition). 1994.
  262. Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Fortess EE, Gurwitz J. Examining Product Risk in Context: The Case of Zomepirac.(correspondence). JAMA. 1994; 272:1252 .
  263. Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Fortess EE, Gurwitz JH. Examining product risk in context. Market withdrawal of zomepirac as a case study. JAMA. 1993 Oct 27; 270(16):1937-42. PMID: 8411550.
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  264. Salem-Schatz SR, Avorn J, Soumerai SB. Influence of knowledge and attitudes on the quality of physicians' transfusion practice. Med Care. 1993 Oct; 31(10):868-78. PMID: 8412390.
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  265. Soumerai SB, Salem-Schatz S, Avorn J, Casteris CS, Ross-Degnan D, Popovsky MA. A controlled trial of educational outreach to improve blood transfusion practice. JAMA. 1993 Aug 25; 270(8):961-6. PMID: 8123097.
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  266. Soumerai SB, Avorn J, Taylor WC, Wessels M, Maher D, Hawley SL. Improving choice of prescribed antibiotics through concurrent reminders in an educational order form. Med Care. 1993 Jun; 31(6):552-8. PMID: 8502003.
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  267. Ross-Degnan D, Soumerai SB, Bates J, Goel P. Guide for improving diarrhoea treatment practices of pharmacists and licensed drug sellers. Diarrhoeal Disease Control Programme. 1993.
  268. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Fortess EE, Abelson J. A critical analysis of studies of state drug reimbursement policies: research in need of discipline. Milbank Q. 1993; 71(2):217-52. PMID: 8510601.
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  269. Avorn J, Soumerai SB, Everitt DE, Ross-Degnan D, Beers MH, Sherman D, Salem-Schatz SR, Fields D. A randomized trial of a program to reduce the use of psychoactive drugs in nursing homes. N Engl J Med. 1992 Jul 16; 327(3):168-73. PMID: 1608408.
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  270. Gurwitz JH, Noonan JP, Soumerai SB. Reducing the use of H2-receptor antagonists in the long-term-care setting. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1992 Apr; 40(4):359-64. PMID: 1348256.
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  271. Beers MH, Avorn J, Soumerai S, Hawley SL, Drobnyk G. Computer-assisted drug data collection. J Med Syst. 1992 Feb; 16(1):1-6. PMID: 1645043.
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  272. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Kahn JS. Effects of professional and media warnings about the association between aspirin use in children and Reye's syndrome. Milbank Q. 1992; 70(1):155-82. PMID: 1316991.
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  273. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Avorn J, McLaughlin Tj, Choodnovskiy I. Effects of Medicaid drug-payment limits on admission to hospitals and nursing homes. N Engl J Med. 1991 Oct 10; 325(15):1072-7. PMID: 1891009.
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  274. Everitt DE, Fields DR, Soumerai SS, Avorn J. Resident behavior and staff distress in the nursing home. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991 Aug; 39(8):792-8. PMID: 2071810.
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  275. Everitt DE, Soumerai SB, Avorn J, Klapholz H, Wessels M. Changing surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis practices through education targeted at senior department leaders. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1990 Nov; 11(11):578-83. PMID: 2124233.
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  276. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Drug prescribing in pediatrics: challenges for quality improvement. Pediatrics. 1990 Nov; 86(5):782-4. PMID: 2235233.
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  277. Salem-Schatz SR, Avorn J, Soumerai SB. Influence of clinical knowledge, organizational context, and practice style on transfusion decision making. Implications for practice change strategies. JAMA. 1990 Jul 25; 264(4):476-83. PMID: 2366281.
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  278. Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB, Avorn J. Improving medication prescribing and utilization in the nursing home. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1990 May; 38(5):542-52. PMID: 2185295.
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  279. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Gortmaker S, Avorn J. Withdrawing payment for nonscientific drug therapy. Intended and unexpected effects of a large-scale natural experiment. JAMA. 1990 Feb 09; 263(6):831-9. PMID: 2404151.
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  280. Soumerai SB, Avorn J. Principles of educational outreach ('academic detailing') to improve clinical decision making. JAMA. 1990 Jan 26; 263(4):549-56. PMID: 2104640.
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  281. Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Avorn J. Quality assurance for drug prescribing. Qual Assur Health Care. 1990; 2(1):37-58. PMID: 2103870.
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  282. Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D. Experience of state drug benefit programs. Health Aff (Millwood). 1990; 9(3):36-54. PMID: 2227783.
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  283. Buchwald D, Soumerai SB, VanDevanter N, Wessels MR, Avorn J. Effect of hospitalwide change in clindamycin dosing schedule on clinical outcome. Rev Infect Dis. 1989 Jul-Aug; 11(4):619-24. PMID: 2772467.
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  284. Avorn J, Dreyer P, Connelly K, Soumerai SB. Use of psychoactive medication and the quality of care in rest homes. Findings and policy implications of a statewide study. N Engl J Med. 1989 Jan 26; 320(4):227-32. PMID: 2911307.
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  285. Avorn J, Soumerai SB, Salem S, Popovsky M. Documenting and correcting inappropriate use of blood components. Kurtz SR, Summers S, eds. Improving Transfusion Practice: The Role of Quality Assurance. 1989.
  286. Schwartz RK, Soumerai SB, Avorn J. Physician motivations for nonscientific drug prescribing. Soc Sci Med. 1989; 28(6):577-82. PMID: 2648605.
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  287. Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Avorn J. Improving drug prescribing in primary care: a critical analysis of the experimental literature. Milbank Q. 1989; 67(2):268-317. PMID: 2698446.
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  288. Soumerai SB. Improving the quality and economy of in-hospital prescribing: getting more for less. Med J Aust. 1988 Dec 5-19; 149(11-12):574-6. PMID: 3200178.
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  289. Beers M, Avorn J, Soumerai SB, Everitt DE, Sherman DS, Salem S. Psychoactive medication use in intermediate-care facility residents. JAMA. 1988 Nov 25; 260(20):3016-20. PMID: 2903260.
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  290. Cleary PD, Singer E, Rogers TF, Avorn J, Van Devanter N, Soumerai S, Perry S, Pindyck J. Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of HIV antibody-positive blood donors. Am J Public Health. 1988 Aug; 78(8):953-7. PMID: 3389433; PMCID: PMC1349859.
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  291. Avorn J, Soumerai SB, Taylor W, Wessels MR, Janousek J, Weiner M. Reduction of incorrect antibiotic dosing through a structured educational order form. Arch Intern Med. 1988 Aug; 148(8):1720-4. PMID: 3401094.
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  292. Soumerai SB. Factors influencing prescribing. Aust J Hosp Pharm. 1988; 16(3):9-16.
  293. Soumerai SB. Improving the quality and economy of in-hospital prescribing: Getting more for less. Med J Australia. 1988; 149:574-6.
  294. Soumerai SB, Avorn J, Gortmaker S, Hawley S. Effect of government and commercial warnings on reducing prescription misuse: the case of propoxyphene. Am J Public Health. 1987 Dec; 77(12):1518-23. PMID: 3674250; PMCID: PMC1647178.
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  295. Soumerai SB, Avorn J, Ross-Degnan D, Gortmaker S. Payment restrictions for prescription drugs under Medicaid. Effects on therapy, cost, and equity. N Engl J Med. 1987 Aug 27; 317(9):550-6. PMID: 3302713.
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  296. Avorn J, Harvey K, Soumerai SB, Herxheimer A, Plumridge R, Bardelay G. Information and education as determinants of antibiotic use: report of Task Force 5. Rev Infect Dis. 1987 May-Jun; 9 Suppl 3:S286-96. PMID: 3299648.
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  297. Soumerai SB, Avorn J. Predictors of physician prescribing change in an educational experiment to improve medication use. Med Care. 1987 Mar; 25(3):210-21. PMID: 3821226.
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  298. Soumerai SB, Avorn J. Changing prescribing practices through individual continuing education. JAMA. 1987 Jan 23-30; 257(4):487. PMID: 3795431.
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  301. Soumerai SB, Avorn J. Economic and policy analysis of university-based drug "detailing". Med Care. 1986 Apr; 24(4):313-31. PMID: 3083161.
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  306. Soumerai SB, Avorn J. Perceived health, life satisfaction, and activity in urban elderly: a controlled study of the impact of part-time work. J Gerontol. 1983 May; 38(3):356-62. PMID: 6841933.
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  308. Avorn J, Soumerai SB. Use of a computer-based Medicaid drug data to analyze and correct inappropriate medication use. J Med Syst. 1982 Aug; 6(4):377-86. PMID: 6754838.
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  309. Avorn JL, Soumerai SB. Demarketing strategies in prescription drug use. Ann World Assn Med Informatics. 1981; 1:13-16.
  310. Soumerai S, Gleason EA. Asynchronous plasmacytoma of the stomach and testis. Cancer. 1980 Jan 15; 45(2):396-400. PMID: 7351022.
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  311. Ross Degnan D, Soumerai SB. Final evaluation report of the Cambridge Elderly Hot Lunch Program. 1979.
  312. Soumerai S. Case reports. Pseudotumors of the arm following injections of procaine polyvinyl pyrrolidone: report of two cases. J Med Soc N J. 1978 May; 75(5):407-8. PMID: 274558.
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  313. Soumerai SB. Transitions in the lives of Cambridge elderly. Widowhood and retirement: A needs assessment Working Paper. 1978.
  314. Soumerai SB. Breathing Connecticut's Air. 1977.
  315. Soumerai S, Kirkland WG, McDonnell WV, Schantz A. Nodular mesenteritis: report of a case simulating carcinoma of the sigmoid colon and analysis of its histologic profile. Dis Colon Rectum. 1976 Jul-Aug; 19(5):448-52. PMID: 939161.
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  316. Soumerai SB (ed). Proceedings of the 1975 Connecticut Conference on Energy. 1975.
  317. Saunders LA, Wisniewski H, Soumerai S. Extensive incisive canal cyst. Report of a case. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1968 Sep; 26(3):284-90. PMID: 5243904.
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  318. MACGILLIVRAY WF, SOUMERAI S. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; report of a case, with a review of the pathogenesis of the disease. N Engl J Med. 1956 Sep 27; 255(13):585-9. PMID: 13369677.
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  319. SOUMERAI S. [Prevention of benzene poisoning in Genevan industry]. Rev Med Suisse Romande. 1953 May 25; 73(5):314-29; contd. PMID: 13089278.
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