Racial And Ethnic Disparity In Smoking Cessation Medication Use Among Adult Smokers In The United States

The use of psychotropic medication among persons with dementia (PWD) both in nursing home (Wetzels et al., 2011) and community settings (Maust et al., 2016) far exceeds what might be expected based on their limited evidence for benefit (Kales et al., 2015). This relatively high use persists despite years of evidence about the potential harms associated with their use in older adults generally and PWD in particular (e.g. Wang et al., 2001; Schneider et al., 2005). However, the solution to relatively high psychotropic use is not to end all psychotropic use, as there are individual patients for whom use of such medication is appropriate. For example, a policy that defines all antipsychotic use as inappropriate may simply lead to increased use of alternatives with even less evidence of benefit, as suggested by the response to antipsychotics’ black box warning in the United States (Kales et al., 2011).

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PMS19 Clinical and Social Determinants of Health on Anticholinergic and Sedative Medication Use in Older Women with Osteoporosis in the United States

Value in Health ◽

10.1016/j.jval.2021.04.696 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 ◽

pp. S141

Author(s):

C. Xavier ◽

U. Sambamoorthi ◽

N.J. Rianon ◽

R. Rasu

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Social Determinants Of Health ◽

Older Women ◽

Social Determinants ◽

Medication Use ◽

The United States ◽

Determinants Of Health ◽

Sedative Medication

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An Opportunity for Pharmacists to Help Improve Coordination and Continuity of Patient Health Care

Pharmacy ◽

10.3390/pharmacy6030078 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 78 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jon Schommer ◽

Lawrence Brown ◽

Ryan Bortz ◽

Alina Cernasev ◽

Basma Gomaa ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care System ◽

Medication Use ◽

The United States ◽

Patient Health ◽

Consumer Perspective ◽

Medication Experience ◽

Pharmacist Workforce ◽

Care System

Pharmacist workforce researchers are predicting a potential surplus of pharmacists in the United States that might result in pharmacists being available for engagement in new roles. The objective for this study was to describe consumer opinions regarding medication use, the health care system, and pharmacists to help identify new roles for pharmacists from the consumer perspective. Data were obtained from the 2015 and 2016 National Consumer Surveys on the Medication Experience and Pharmacist Roles. Out of the representative sample of 36,673 respondents living in the United States, 80% (29,426) submitted written comments at the end of the survey. Of these, 2178 were specifically about medicines, pharmacists or health and were relevant and usable for this study. Thematic analysis, content analysis, and computer-based text mining were used for identifying themes and coding comments. The findings showed that 66% of the comments about medication use and 82% about the health care system were negative. Regarding pharmacists, 73% of the comments were positive with many commenting about the value of the pharmacist for overcoming fears and for filling current gaps in their healthcare. We propose that these comments might be signals that pharmacists could help improve coordination and continuity for peoples’ healthcare and could help guide the development of new service offerings.

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Pharmacist prescriptive authority for smoking cessation medications in the United States

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association ◽

10.1016/j.japh.2017.12.015 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 (3) ◽

pp. 253-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Alex J. Adams ◽

Karen Suchanek Hudmon

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Smoking Cessation ◽

The United States ◽

Prescriptive Authority

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