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Joel Farley

University of Minnesota
Verified email at umn.edu
Cited by 3253

A comparison of comorbidity measurements to predict healthcare expenditures

JF Farley, CR Harley, JW Devine - American Journal of Managed Care, 2006 - go.gale.com
Objective: To compare the performance of the Elixhauser, Charlson, and RxRisk-V comorbidity
indices and several simple count measurements, including counts of prescriptions, …

Effectiveness and safety of dabigatran and warfarin in real‐world US patients with non‐valvular atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study

JC Lauffenburger, JF Farley, AK Gehi… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The recent availability of dabigatran, a novel oral anticoagulant, provided a new
treatment option for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation beyond warfarin, the main therapy …

Copayment reductions generate greater medication adherence in targeted patients

ML Maciejewski, JF Farley, J Parker, D Wansink - Health affairs, 2010 - healthaffairs.org
A large value-based insurance design program offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North
Carolina eliminated generic medication copayments and reduced copayments for brand-…

Treating depression after initial treatment failure: directly comparing switch and augmenting strategies in STAR* D

…, AR Ellis, RA Hansen, JF Farley… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objective Augmenting and switching antidepressant medications are the 2 most common
next-step strategies for depressed patients failing initial medication treatment. These …

A retrospective cohort study of economic outcomes and adherence to monotherapy with metformin, pioglitazone, or a sulfonylurea among patients with type 2 diabetes …

RA Hansen, JF Farley, M Droege, ML Maciejewski - Clinical therapeutics, 2010 - Elsevier
Objectives: The aims of this study were to compare all-cause total health care costs and
diabetes mellitus (DM)-specific health care costs between patients who were adherent or …

Risk stratification of serious adverse events after gastric bypass in the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database

ML Maciejewski, DA Winegar, JF Farley… - Surgery for Obesity and …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: There is now sufficient demand for bariatric surgery to compare bariatric
surgeons and bariatric centers according to their postsurgical outcomes, but few validated risk …

Completeness of prescription information in US commercial claims databases

…, A Balasubramanian, JF Farley… - … and drug safety, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Pharmacy commercial claims databases are widely used for pharmacoepidemiologic
research. However, concerns have been raised that these databases may not fully …

Factors driving anticoagulant selection in patients with atrial fibrillation in the United States

JC Lauffenburger, JF Farley, AK Gehi… - The American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
With the introduction of novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs), the factors driving anticoagulant
selection in atrial fibrillation (AF) in real-world practice are unclear. The goal was to examine …

Prescriber continuity and medication adherence for complex patients

RA Hansen, CI Voils, JF Farley… - Annals of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Medication adherence is a critical aspect of managing cardiometabolic
conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and heart failure. Patients who have …

Predictors of gastrointestinal bleeding among patients with atrial fibrillation after initiating dabigatran therapy

JC Lauffenburger, DH Rhoney, JF Farley… - … : The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Study Objectives To identify demographic and clinical risk factors associated with gastrointestinal
( GI ) bleeding among a large cohort of patients with atrial fibrillation ( AF ) who initiated …