Publications

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-associated azotemia in the very old.

JAMA
Gurwitz JH, Avorn J, Ross-Degnan D, Lipsitz LA

Blindness and eye disease in Kenya: ocular status survey results from the Kenya Rural Blindness Prevention Project.

Br J Ophthalmol
Whitfield R, Schwab L, Ross-Degnan D, Steinkuller P, Swartwood J

Quality assurance for drug prescribing.

Qual Assur Health Care
Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Avorn J

Improving medication prescribing and utilization in the nursing home.

J Am Geriatr Soc
Gurwitz JH, Soumerai SB, Avorn J

Withdrawing payment for nonscientific drug therapy. Intended and unexpected effects of a large-scale natural experiment.

JAMA
Soumerai SB, Ross-Degnan D, Gortmaker S, Avorn J

Principles of educational outreach ('academic detailing') to improve clinical decision making.

JAMA
Soumerai SB, Avorn J

Long-term care options for the frail elderly.

J Am Geriatr Soc
Gillick MR

National survey of the prevalence and risk factors of glaucoma in St. Lucia, West Indies. Part I. Prevalence findings.

Ophthalmology
Mason RP, Kosoko O, Wilson MR, Martone JF, Cowan CL, Gear JC, Ross-Degnan D

Effect of hospitalwide change in clindamycin dosing schedule on clinical outcome.

Rev. Infect. Dis.
Buchwald D, Soumerai SB, VanDevanter N, Wessels MR, Avorn J

Use of psychoactive medication and the quality of care in rest homes. Findings and policy implications of a statewide study.

N. Engl. J. Med.
Avorn J, Dreyer P, Connelly K, Soumerai SB

Improving drug prescribing in primary care: a critical analysis of the experimental literature.

Milbank Q
Soumerai SB, McLaughlin TJ, Avorn J

Improving the quality and economy of in-hospital prescribing: getting more for less.

Med. J. Aust.
Soumerai SB

Psychoactive medication use in intermediate-care facility residents.

JAMA
Beers M, Avorn J, Soumerai SB, Everitt DE, Sherman DS, Salem S

Reduction of incorrect antibiotic dosing through a structured educational order form.

Arch. Intern. Med.
Avorn J, Soumerai SB, Taylor W, Wessels MR, Janousek J, Weiner M

Limiting medical care: physicians' beliefs, physicians' behavior.

J Am Geriatr Soc
Gillick MR

Talking with patients about risk.

J Gen Intern Med
Gillick MR

Effect of government and commercial warnings on reducing prescription misuse: the case of propoxyphene.

Am J Public Health
Soumerai SB, Avorn J, Gortmaker S, Hawley S

Medicare HMOs. The new kid on the block.

Consultant
Gillick MR

Payment restrictions for prescription drugs under Medicaid. Effects on therapy, cost, and equity.

N. Engl. J. Med.
Soumerai SB, Avorn J, Ross-Degnan D, Gortmaker S

Information and education as determinants of antibiotic use: report of Task Force 5.

Rev. Infect. Dis.
Avorn J, Harvey K, Soumerai SB, Herxheimer A, Plumridge R, Bardelay G