Despite the growing popularity of propensity score (PS) methods in epidemiology, relatively
little has been written in the epidemiologic literature about the problem of variable selection …

ContextKnowledge of long-term persistence with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A
reductase inhibitor (statin) therapy is limited because previous studies have observed patients …

OBJECTIVE: Large health care utilization databases are frequently used in variety of settings
to study the use and outcomes of therapeutics. Their size allows the study of infrequent …

With the efficacy and costs of medications rising rapidly, it is increasingly important to
ensure that drugs be prescribed as rationally as possible. Yet, physicians' choices of drugs …

Objective. —To determine the effect of regular intake of cranberry juice beverage on
bacteriuria and pyuria in elderly women. Design. —Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled …

PURPOSE: Adverse drug events, especially those that may have been preventable, are
among the most serious concerns about medication use in nursing homes. We studied the …

Background Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory stating
that atypical antipsychotic medications increase mortality among elderly patients. However, …

Improving precision and economy in the prescribing of drugs is a goal whose importance
has increased with the proliferation of new and potent agents and with growing economic …

Objective. —To provide hospital leaders with strategic goals or actions likely to have a
significant impact on antimicrobial resistance, outline outcome and process measures for …

Background: Adjusting for large numbers of covariates ascertained from patients’ health
care claims data may improve control of confounding, as these variables may collectively be …