JAMA Health Forum
Original Investigation
July 9, 2021
Cecilia Cortez; Omar Mansour, MHS; Dima M . Qato , PharmD, PhD; Randall S. Stafford, MD, PhD; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS
open access
JAMA Health Forum. 2021; 2(7):e211529. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1529
This cross-sectional study of data from the IQVIA National Disease and Therapeutic Index examines changes in the clinical content of ambulatory care among office-based vs telemedicine encounters in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic.
JAMA Network Open
Original Investigation
Health Policy
October 2, 2020
G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Matthew Tajanlangit; James Heyward, MPH; Omar Mansour, MHS; Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD; Randall S. Stafford, MD, PhD
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JAMA Netw Open. 2020; 3(10):e2021476. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.21476
This cross-sectional study uses data from the National Disease and Therapeutic Index to quantify changes in volume and type of primary care visits and changes in visit content associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.
JAMA
Viewpoint
July 7, 2020
G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD
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is active quiz
JAMA. 2020; 324(1):31-32. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.6016
This Viewpoint proposes strategies to ensure adequate supply and distribution of medication in the US during and beyond the coronavirus pandemic, including development and funding of a national essential medicines supply, allocation strategies to prevent stockpiling, and funding of home delivery services to ensure adequate access for lower income and underserved populations.
JAMA
Research Letter
July 21, 2020
Jenny S. Guadamuz, PhD; Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS
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JAMA. 2020; 324(3):299-301. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.6611
This study uses publicly available FDA.gov data to characterize trends in the US Food and Drug Administration’s use of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) programs between 2008 and 2019 and to describe the number and classes of medications included, the strategies deployed, and the risks the program was intended to mitigate.
JAMA Internal Medicine
Research Letter
January 1, 2020
Jenny S. Guadamuz, MS; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Shannon N. Zenk, PhD; Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD
free access
JAMA Intern Med. 2020; 180(1):157-160. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4588
This quality improvement study examines trends in pharmacy closures in the United States between 2009 and 2015, as well as pharmacy, community, and market factors that might be associated with such closures.
JAMA Network Open
Original Investigation
Health Policy
June 7, 2019
Jenny S. Guadamuz, MS; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Tanya Chaudhri, PharmD; Rebecca Trotzky-Sirr, MD; Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD
open access
JAMA Netw Open. 2019; 2(6):e195388. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.5388
This survey study investigates the availability of naloxone nasal spray at pharmacies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3 years after the implementation of a statewide standing order allowing pharmacies to dispense naloxone without a physician’s prescription.
JAMA Network Open
Original Investigation
Public Health
April 19, 2019
Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Apurba Chakraborty, MBBS, MPH; Jenny S. Guadamuz, MS; John W. Jackson, ScD
open access
JAMA Netw Open. 2019; 2(4):e192606. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2606
This cohort study examines the association between pharmacy closures and adherence to statins, β-blockers, and oral anticoagulants among adults 50 years or older in the United States.
JAMA
Comment & Response
November 6, 2018
Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD; Mark Olfson, MD, MPH
JAMA. 2018; 320(17):1816-1816. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.12398
JAMA Pediatrics
Research Letter
August 1, 2018
Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Jenny S. Guadamuz, MS; Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP
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JAMA Pediatr. 2018; 172(8):780-782. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.1008
This study uses NHANES data to estimate the prevalence of dietary supplement use, including both nutritional products and alternative medicines, among US children and adolescents between 2003 and 2014.
JAMA Internal Medicine
Comment & Response
September 1, 2016
Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS
JAMA Intern Med. 2016; 176(9):1406-1407. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3971
JAMA Internal Medicine
Original Investigation
April 1, 2016
Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD; Jocelyn Wilder, MPH; L. Philip Schumm, MA; Victoria Gillet, BS; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS
free access
JAMA Intern Med. 2016; 176(4):473-482. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.8581
In a nationally representative sample of older adults, this study characterizes changes in the prevalence of medication use and quantifies the frequency and types of potential major drug-drug interactions.
JAMA
Commentary
October 12, 2011
Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH, PhD; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS
JAMA. 2011; 306(14):1595-1596. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1457
JAMA
Original Contribution
December 24, 2008
Dima M . Qato , PharmD, MPH; G. Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Rena M. Conti, PhD; Michael Johnson, BA; Phil Schumm, MA; Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP
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JAMA. 2008; 300(24):2867-2878. doi: 10.1001/jama.2008.892