Ekonomi Bölümü Koleksiyonu
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Conference Object Socio-Economic Status and Self-Rated Health: Are They Good Predictors of Income? an Analysis of Survey Panel Data From Turkey(Elsevier Science Inc, 2016) Çınaroğlu, Songül; Başer, Onur...Conference Object Pmh1 - Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Serotonin Syndrome With Concomitant Use of Serotonergic Agents(Elsevier Science Inc, 2015-05-01) Wang, Z.; Xie, L.; Nguyen, C; Alley, S.; Başer, OnurOBJECTIVES: Serotonin syndrome (SS) is an adverse drug reaction that may occurin patients receiving monotherapy or combinations of serotonergic agents (SAs).This study examined healthcare utilization and costs of SS in two different populations. METHODS: Adult (age ?18 years) patients prescribed SAs were identifiedusing the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) dataset (01OCT2008-30SEPT2012) andthe IMS PharMetrics Plus dataset (01JAN2010-31DEC2013). Patients with continuoushealth plan enrollment 12 months pre-index date, defined as the first SA prescription claim date, were included and observed until death, disenrollment or the end ofthe study period. Patients were assigned to cohorts based on drug exposure: singlemonoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI) drug, MAOI drugs in combination with otherSAs, single non-MAOI SA, and multiple non-MAOI SAs (2, 3, 4, and ?5 SAs). Outcomesof interest were annual incidences of SS event (ICD-9-CM: 333.99) and associatedhealth care utilization and costs.Conference Object Psy14 - Evaluating Trends in Chronic Pain Prevalence in the United States Veterans Health Administration Population(Elsevier Science Inc, 2015-05-01) Li, L.; Shrestha, S.; Başer, Onur; Yuce, H; Wang, LOBJECTIVES: The current study examined chronic pain prevalence in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) population. METHODS: The study sample was based on the VHA Medical SAS Datasets from fiscal year 2008 through 2012. All patients diagnosed with chronic pain throughout the study period were identified using International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification diagnosis codes 338.2 and 338.4. The variation in the prevalence of chronic pain was assessed and categorized according to the pain scale. Pain score was determined using a scale ranging from 0 to 10 as reported by patients using the following categories: 1 to 4: mild, 5 to 6: moderate and ?7: severe pain. To identify prior prevalence cases, we restricted continuous enrollment throughout that fiscal year and at least 2 years prior