2016
Patient-reported financial barriers to adherence to treatment in neurology
Moura L, Schwamm E, Moura V, Seitz M, Hoch D, Hsu J, Schwamm L. Patient-reported financial barriers to adherence to treatment in neurology. ClinicoEconomics And Outcomes Research 2016, Volume 8: 685-694. PMID: 27895506, PMCID: PMC5117903, DOI: 10.2147/ceor.s119971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedication adherenceFinancial barriersPatient-reported failuresEffective medical therapyRoutine outpatient carePatient-reported dataCross-sectional surveyNeurology appointmentPatient characteristicsMedical therapyNeurology clinicMean agePrescription medicationsOutpatient careNeurological conditionsClinical informationNeurological diseasesNeurological disordersPatientsDemographic characteristicsAdherenceNonadherenceTherapyPreferred languageMedications
2012
Relationship of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale to 30‐Day Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries With Acute Ischemic Stroke
Fonarow G, Saver J, Smith E, Broderick J, Kleindorfer D, Sacco R, Pan W, Olson D, Hernandez A, Peterson E, Schwamm L. Relationship of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale to 30‐Day Mortality in Medicare Beneficiaries With Acute Ischemic Stroke. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2012, 1: 42-50. PMID: 23130117, PMCID: PMC3487316, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.111.000034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute ischemic strokeHealth Stroke ScaleIschemic strokeMedicare beneficiariesNIHSS scoreStroke ScaleStroke severityMortality riskMortality rateGuidelines-Stroke hospitalsMedian NIHSS scoreSubstantial prognostic informationInitial stroke severityDiscrimination of riskService Medicare beneficiariesNational InstituteContinuous variablesMean ageC-statisticPrognostic informationRisk discriminationNIHSSClinical informationGraded relationStroke
2010
Rapid Change in Prescribing Behavior in Hospitals Participating in Get With The Guidelines–Stroke After Release of the Management of Atherothrombosis With Clopidogrel in High-Risk Patients (MATCH) Clinical Trial Results
Menon B, Frankel M, Liang L, LaBresh K, Ellrodt G, Hernandez A, Fonarow G, Schwamm L, Smith E. Rapid Change in Prescribing Behavior in Hospitals Participating in Get With The Guidelines–Stroke After Release of the Management of Atherothrombosis With Clopidogrel in High-Risk Patients (MATCH) Clinical Trial Results. Stroke 2010, 41: 2094-2097. PMID: 20634476, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.584151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransient ischemic attackIschemic attackIschemic strokeHigh-risk patients trialAmerican Heart Association Guidelines UpdateManagement of AtherothrombosisPatient clinical trialsGuidelines-StrokeGWTG-StrokeAntithrombotic medicationAntithrombotic therapyStroke ProgramDischarge prescriptionsGuideline updateRandomized trialsConsensus guidelinesHospital characteristicsClinical trialsPrescribing behaviorSustained decreasePatient trialsSustained reductionClinical informationPatientsMatch Study