Publications

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

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

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

Predictors of physician prescribing change in an educational experiment to improve medication use.

Med Care
Soumerai SB, Avorn J

Changing prescribing practices through individual continuing education.

JAMA
Soumerai SB, Avorn J

Economic and policy analysis of university-based drug "detailing".

Med Care
Soumerai SB, Avorn J

Physician education and cost containment.

JAMA
Soumerai SB, Avorn J

Efficacy and cost-containment in hospital pharmacotherapy: state of the art and future directions.

Milbank Mem Fund Q Health Soc
Soumerai SB, Avorn J

A new approach to reducing suboptimal drug use.

JAMA
Avorn J, Soumerai SB

Use of a computer-based Medicaid drug data to analyze and correct inappropriate medication use.

J Med Syst
Avorn J, Soumerai SB

Improving drug-therapy decisions through educational outreach. A randomized controlled trial of academically based "detailing".

N. Engl. J. Med.
Avorn J, Soumerai SB

Perceived health, life satisfaction, and activity in urban elderly: a controlled study of the impact of part-time work.

J Gerontol
Soumerai SB, Avorn J

Deliberations on the dissemination of PORT products: translating research findings into improved patient outcomes.

Med Care
Goldberg HI, Cummings MA, Steinberg EP, Ricci EM, Shannon T, Soumerai SB, Mittman BS, Eisenberg J, Heck DA, Kaplan S

Physician motivations for nonscientific drug prescribing.

Soc Sci Med
Schwartz RK, Soumerai SB, Avorn J