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Pharmaceutical Outcomes Evaluation Group Presents 13 Papers at International Conference for Third Successive Year

Dr. Rajesh Balkrishnan presenting best student poster award to Ms. Ala Iaconi at 13th Annual ISPOR meeting

Pharmaceutical Outcomes Evaluation Group makes it three in a row – 13 papers for the 13th ISPOR.

The Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research group at the OSU College of Pharmacy presented 13 papers at the 13th International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) annual meeting held from May 3-7, 2008 in Toronto. This is the third consecutive year the team, led by Dr. Rajesh Balkrishnan, Merrell Dow Professor of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research at the OSU College of Pharmacy, again presented 13 papers. Five papers from the 13 were poster award finalists. Ms. Ala Iaconi’s paper entitled ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY STROKE RISK SCREENING: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL was judged the best student poster this year at ISPOR. 

Podium Presentations

1. DEMOGRAPHIC RISK FACTORS FOR STROKE RELATED AMBULATORY CARE UTILIZATION: ANALYSIS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL DATA 2000-2005
Karve S, Levine D, Balkrishnan R
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

2. ORAL ANTIDIABETIC MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND HEALTH CARE COSTS AND UTILIZATION AMONG MEDICAID-ENROLLED TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS NEWLY STARTING MONOTHERAPY
Shenolikar R¹, Balkrishnan R^2
1Glaxo SmithKline, Columbus, OH, USA, ²The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH, USA

3. DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY, MEDICATION PERSISTENCE, AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH CARE COSTS IN OLDER ADULTS WITH INSOMNIA
Kulkarni AS¹, Patel I², Anderson RT³, Balkrishnan R^1
1The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA, ²The
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ³Wake Forest University School
of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

Poster Presentations

4. ASTHMA PHARMACOTHERAPY AND AT RISK NON-AFRICAN AMERICAN MINORITY POPULATIONS: EVIDENCE OF SUB-OPTIMAL CARE FROM THE NATIONAL AMBULATORY MEDICAL SURVEY 1998-2004
Navaratnam P¹, Balkrishnan R^2
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ²The Ohio State University
College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA

5. TRENDS IN EPISODE OF TREATMENT COSTS OF ACNE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
Balkrishnan R¹, Uhas AA², Feldman SR^3
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, 2The Ohio State University
College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA, ³Wake Forest University School of
Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

6. TRENDS IN MEDICATION PRESCRIBING FOR ACNE IN THE UNITED STATES
ACCORDING TO PATIENT AGE
Uhas AA¹, Balkrishnan R², Feldman SR^3
1The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA, ²The
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ³Wake Forest University School
of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

7. THE EFFECT OF INJURY SEVERITY ON THE INCIDENCE AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION-RELATED OUTCOMES OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AMONG PEDIATRIC TRAUMA ADMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Candrilli SD¹, Balkrishnan R¹, O'Brien S^2
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ²The Research Institute at
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA

8. ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNITY STROKE RISK SCREENING: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
Anderson RT¹, Camacho F¹, Kharbanda A², Iaconi A², Balkrishnan R^3
1Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA, ²The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ³The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA

9. PHYSICIAN CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH STROKE RELATED OUTPATIENT CARE UTILIZATION: ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL AMBULATORY MEDICAL CARE SURVEY DATA 2000-2005
Karve S, Levine D, Balkrishnan R
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

10. PRE AND POST STROKE STATIN USE AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH CARE COSTS AMONG ELDERLY STROKE SURVIVORS
Karve S¹, Levine D¹, Anderson RT², Camacho F², Balkrishnan R^1
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ²Wake Forest University
School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

11. RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN MEDICATION ADHERENCE TO ADJUVANT HORMONAL THERAPY IN MEDICAID ENROLLED WOMEN WITH PRIMARY BREAST CANCER: A COMPARISON USING TWO ESTIMATION METHODOLOGIES
Bhosle MJ¹, Anderson RT², Balkrishnan R^1
1The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA, ²Wake
Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

12. FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESCRIPTION OF ADJUVANT HORMONAL THERAPIES AMONG MEDICAID ENROLLEES WITH BREAST CANCER
McLaughlin J¹, Paskett E¹, Anderson RT², Balkrishnan R^3
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ²Wake Forest University
School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA, ³The Ohio State University
College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA

13. MEDICATION PERSISTENCE AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH CARE COSTS IN AN OLDER POPULATION WITH DEMENTIA: A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY
Balkrishnan R¹, Kong MC², Bonza S¹, Anderson RT^3
1The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, ²The Ohio State University
College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA, ³Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

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Contact: Rajesh Balkrishnan, (614) 292-6415; Balkrishnan.1@osu.edu

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