Becky A. Briesacher, PhD

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February 17th 2012

Identifying Patients With Osteoporosis or at Risk for Osteoporotic Fractures

Yong Chen, MD, PhD Leslie R. Harrold, MD, MPH Robert A. Yood, MD Terry S. Field, DSc Becky A. Briesacher, PhD

Identifying patients with osteoporosis or low bone mineral density and high risk for osteoporotic fractures is possible in administrative data using osteoporosis diagnoses and fracture risk profile.

July 7th 2009

Medication Adherence and Use of Generic Drug Therapies

Becky A. Briesacher, PhD Susan E. Andrade, ScD Hassan Fouayzi, MS K. Arnold Chan, MD

Generic prescribing was associated with improved medication adherence in 2 of 5 study conditions, but $0 copayments were associated with improved adherence across all conditions.