A simple institutional educational intervention to decrease use of selected expensive medications Elliot J. Roth, MD, Christopher T. Plastaras, MD, M.Sean Mullin, DO, Joseph Fillmore, MD, Mikel L. Moses, RPh Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 82, Issue 5, Pages 633-636 (May 2001) DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2001.22624 Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Use of enoxaparin versus heparin for 12 months, both before and after the intervention. ♦, heparin; ●, enoxaparin, p <.0001. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 633-636DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.22624) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Use of more- versus less-expensive H2 blocker for 12 months, both before and after the intervention. ♦, ranitidine; ●, famotidine, p <.0001. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 633-636DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.22624) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Use of ibuprofen versus the other more expensive NSAIDs 12 months before and after the written intervention. ♦, ibuprofen; ●, all other NSAIDs, p <.002. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2001 82, 633-636DOI: (10.1053/apmr.2001.22624) Copyright © 2001 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions