Medicare Part D: Patients bear the cost of 'me too'brand-name drugs

NM Gastala, P Wingrove, A Gaglioti, S Petterson… - Health …, 2016 - healthaffairs.org
Prescription drugs are a major source of US health care expenditure. “Me too” brand-name
medications contribute to the cost of drugs, which is substantial for consumers. In 2013 …

[HTML][HTML] The growing trend of health coaches in team-based primary care training: a multicenter pilot study

NM Gastala, PM Wingrove, AH Gaglioti, W Liaw… - Family …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS: We surveyed 465 residency directors through a larger omnibus survey sent out
by CERA; the response rate was 53.7%. Directors were asked about resident exposure to …

Cost-effectiveness of full and partial opioid agonists for opioid use disorder in outpatient settings: United States healthcare sector perspective

SA Choi, CH Yan, NM Gastala, DR Touchette… - Journal of Substance …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Studies show that medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) reduce illicit opioid
use, emergency healthcare services, opioid-related overdose, and death. However, few …

Using drug prescribing patterns to identify stewards of cost-conscious care

NM Gastala, P Wingrove, W Liaw… - The Journal of the …, 2017 - Am Board Family Med
Purpose: To characterize family physicians (FPs) who are stewards of care by consistently
prescribing omeprazole over esomeprazole. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of physicians …

Detection of DNA hybridization using the near-infrared band-gap fluorescence of single-walled carbon nanotubes

ES Jeng, AE Moll, AC Roy, JB Gastala, MS Strano - Nano letters, 2006 - ACS Publications
… are no longer within 0.5−5 nm of the nanotube and are not … nm, and the oligonucleotides
used in this work are approximately 10 nm long with an estimated repulsion distance of 5 nm

Optical detection of DNA conformational polymorphism on single-walled carbon nanotubes

…, ES Jeng, TK Yeung, BM Martinez, AE Moll, JB Gastala… - Science, 2006 - science.org
… We compare the ellipticity of the 285-nm CD peak versus Hg 2+ concentration with the
fluorescent emission energy from the nanotube under identical conditions (Fig. 1D). Assuming …

Autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for neuromyelitis optica

RK Burt, R Balabanov, X Han, C Burns, J Gastala… - Neurology, 2019 - AAN Enterprises
… Buffer B supplemented with 75 nM EDTA and 0.5 μg propidium iodide (PI; Becton Dickinson,
Franklin Lakes, NJ) was added and held for 15 minutes in the dark. An additional 100 μL …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission at a large public university

…, D Foster, BW Fouke, N Gallagher, N Gastala… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
In Fall 2020, universities saw extensive transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among their populations,
threatening health of the university and surrounding communities, and viability of in-…

[HTML][HTML] Syringe service program-based telemedicine linkage to opioid use disorder treatment: protocol for the STAMINA randomized control trial

…, ME Mackesy-Amiti, K Erwin, N Gastala… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background A key strategy for mitigating the current opioid epidemic is expanded access to
medications for treating opioid use disorder (MOUD). However, interventions developed to …

Expanding Outcomes in Cancer Screening Safety Net Programs: Promoting Sustainability and Policy Reform

…, L Green, B Owens, N Gastala… - Health Education & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Community-engaged patient navigation safety net programs are established as an evidence-based
approach to address cancer prevention and early detection efforts, but barriers to …