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10. de Ferranti SD, Ioannidis JP, Lau J, et al. Are amoxcyilin and folate inhibitors as effective as other antibiotics for acute sinusitis? A meta-analysis. BMJ 1998; 317(7159):632-7.
11. Ioannidis JP, Cappelleri JC, Lau J, et al. Predictive value of viral load measurements in asymptomatic untreated HIV-1 infection: a mathematical model. AIDS 1996;10(3):255-62.
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19. PI Interview (William Tierney), November 2000.
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21. PI Interview (William Tierney), September 2000.
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33. Berman S, Byrns PJ, Bondy J, et al. Otitis media-related antibiotic prescribing patterns, outcomes, and expenditures in a pediatric Medicaid population. Pediatrics 1997;100(4):585-92.
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42. Moore RD, Keruly JC, Chaisson RE. Neutropenia and bacterial infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Arc Intern Med 1995;155(18):1965-70.
43. PI interview (Richard Moore), November 2000.
44. Chaisson RE, Gallant JE, Keruly JC, et al. Impact of opportunistic disease on survival in patients with HIV infection. AIDS 1998;12(1):29-33.
45. Moore RD. Understanding the clinical and economic outcomes of HIV therapy: the Johns Hopkins HIV Clinical Practice Cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 1998;17(1, suppl.):S38-S41.
46. Moore RD, Chaisson RE. Natural history of opportunistic disease in an HIV-infected urban clinical cohort. Ann Intern Med 1996;124(7):633-42.
47. Gallant JE, Chaisson RE, Keruly JC, et al. Stavudine in zidovudine (ZDV)-experienced compared with ZDV-naïve patients. AIDS 1999;13(2):225-29.
48. Gebo KA, Chaisson RE, Folkemer JG, et al. Costs of HIV medical care in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS 1999;13(8):963-69.
49. Moore RD, Chaisson RE. Costs to Medicaid of advancing immunosuppression in an urban HIV-infected patient population in Maryland. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 1997;14(3):223-31.
50. Fortgang IS, Moore RD. Hospital admissions of HIV-infected patients from 1988 to 1992 in Maryland. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol 1995;8(4):365-72.
51. Gallant JE, McAvinue SM, Moore RD, et al. The impact of prophylaxis on outcome and resource utilization in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Chest 1995;107(4):1018-23.
52. Stanton DL, Wu AW, Moore RD, et al. Functional status of persons with HIV infection in an ambulatory setting. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 1994;7(10):1050-56.
53. Moore RD, Stanton D, Gopalan R, et al. Racial differences in the use of drug therapy for HIV disease in an urban community. N Engl J Med 1994;330(11):763-68.
54. Chaisson RE, Keruly JC, Moore RD. Race, sex, drug use, and progression of human immunodeficiency virus disease. N Engl J Med 1995;333(12):751-56.
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56. Celentano DD, Vlahor D, Cohn S, et al. Self-reported antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection among injection drug users. JAMA 1998;280:544-46.
57. Interviews with PI (Judith Garrard) and health plan representative, November 2000.
58. Garrard J. Health related quality of life [manuscript].
59. Garrard J, Rolnick SJ, Nitz NM, et al. Clinical detection of depression among community-based elderly people with self-reported symptoms of depression. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 1998;53(2):M92-101.
60. Leibson CL, Garrard J, Nitz N, et al. The role of depression in the association between self-rated physical health and clinically defined illness. Gerontologist 1999;39(3):291-98.
61. PI Interview (G. Thomas Strickland), September 2000.
62. Interview with medical director Delmarva Health Plan, September 2000.
63. Delmarva Health Plan Provider Bulletin, May 2000.
64. Coyle BS, Strickland GT, Liang YY, et al. The public health impact of Lyme disease in Maryland. J of Infect Dis 1996;273:1260-62.
65. Strickland T. Patient outcomes with antibiotic therapy of Lyme disease: Final report 1999. Rockville (MD):2000. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; NTIS Accession No. PB 2000-106707.
66. Fix AD, Strickland T, Grant J. Tick bites and Lyme disease in an endemic setting. JAMA 1998;279(3):206-10.
67. Strickland GT, Karp AC, Mathews A, et al. Utilization and cost of serologic tests for Lyme disease in Maryland. J Infect Dis 1997;176(3):819-21.
68. Fix AD, Pena CA, Strickland GT. Racial differences in reported Lyme disease incidence. Am J Epidemiol 2000 Oct;152(8):756-59.
69. Stergachis AS. Pharmaceutical care and pediatric asthma outcomes: Final report 1998. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; NTIS Accession No. PB 2000-101828.
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71. Chewning BA. Pharmaceutical care outcomes—The patient role: Final report 1998. Rockville (MD):2001. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; NTIS Accession No. PB 2001-107624INM.
72. PI Interview (Betty Chewning), September 2000.
73. Choo PW, Rand CS, Inui TS, et al. Validation of patient reports, automated pharmacy records, and pill counts with electronic monitoring of adherence to antihypertensive therapy. Med Care 1999 Sep;37(9):846-57.
74. Platt R. Use of record linkage to study outcomes of drug therapy: Final report 1998. Rockville (MD):1999. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; NTIS Accession No. PB 99-124042INM
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76. Wu AW, Hays RD, Kelly S, et al. Applications of the Medical Outcomes Study health-related quality of life measures in HIV/AIDS. Qual Life Res 1997;6(6):531-54.
77. Hanlon JT, Landerman LR, Wall WE, et al. Is medication use by community-dwelling elderly people influenced by cognitive function? Age Ageing 1996;25:190-96.
78. Schmader KE, Hanlon JT, Fillenbaum GG, et al. Medication use patterns among demented, cognitively impaired and cognitively intact community-dwelling elderly people. Age Ageing 1998;27(4):493-501.
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83. Gardner LB. Pharmaceutical use and cost among insured elderly: Abstract, Executive Summary, and Final Report. 1996. Berkeley: Western Consortium for Public Health; NTIS Accession No. PB 97-165856.
84. PI Interview (Laura Gardner), September 2000.
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91. Anderson RB, Testa MA. Symptom distress checklists as a component of quality of life measurement: comparing prompted reports by patient and physician with concurrent adverse event reports via the physician. Drug Info J 1994;28:89-114.
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Outcomes of Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research—Impact of Studies Funded: Final Report. AHRQ Publication No. 02-R201, October 2001. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/pharmimp/
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