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A retrospective review of paediatric adverse drug reactions reported in Lombardy and Croatia from 2005 to 2013.

scientific article published on December 2016

Adherence to recommendations and clinical outcomes of patients hospitalized for stroke: the role of the admission ward-a real-life investigation from Italy

scientific article published on 02 April 2019

Adherence with antihypertensive drug therapy and the risk of heart failure in clinical practice.

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and motor neuron disease: An unconfirmed association.

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Anti-asthma medication prescribing to children in the Lombardy Region of Italy: chronic versus new users

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Anti-asthmatic drug prescriptions to an Italian paedriatic population

scientific article published on 3 September 2008

Antidepressants utilization among elderly in Lombardy from 2000 to 2007: dispensing trends and appropriateness.

scientific article published on 7 May 2011

Antiepileptic drug use in Italian children over a decade.

scientific article published on 26 November 2016

Antipsychotics prescription and cerebrovascular events in Italian older persons.

scientific article published in August 2013

Are generic and brand-name statins clinically equivalent? Evidence from a real data-base.

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Better compliance to antihypertensive medications reduces cardiovascular risk

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Burden of acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 24 May 2011

Burden of new hospitalization for heart failure: a population-based investigation from Italy

scientific article published on 7 May 2014

Burden of psychiatric disorders in the pediatric population.

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Can healthcare utilization data reliably capture cases of chronic respiratory diseases? a cross-sectional investigation in Italy.

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Cardiovascular Protection by Initial and Subsequent Combination of Antihypertensive Drugs in Daily Life Practice

scientific article published on 08 August 2011

Cardiovascular complications and drug prescriptions in subjects with and without diabetes in a Northern region of Italy, in 2002 and 2012.

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Cesarean delivery rates and obstetric culture - an Italian register-based study

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Changes in clinical outcomes for community-dwelling older people exposed to incident chronic polypharmacy: a comparison between 2001 and 2009.

scientific article published on 21 December 2015

Changes in drug prescribing to Italian community-dwelling elderly people: the EPIFARM-Elderly Project 2000-2010

scientific article published on 08 January 2014

Changes in prescribing patterns and clinical outcomes in elderly diabetic patients in 2000 and 2010: analysis of a large Italian population-based study

scientific article published on 14 May 2014

Changes in trend of antipsychotics prescription in patients treated with cholinesterase inhibitors after warnings from Italian Medicines Agency. Results from the EPIFARM-Elderly Project.

scientific article published on 31 January 2012

Childhood asthma management pre- and post-incident asthma hospitalization.

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Cholinesterase inhibitor use in Alzheimer's disease: the EPIFARM-Elderly Project.

scientific article published on May 2011

Clinical significance of diabetes likely induced by statins: Evidence from a large population-based cohort

scientific article published on 19 August 2017

Comparing recurrent antibiotic prescriptions in children treated with a brand name or a generic formulation.

scientific article published on 9 June 2014

Comparison of Health Care Resource Utilization by Immigrants Versus Native Elderly People.

scientific article published on 10 January 2015

Corrigendum to "Incretin-based drugs and risk of acute pancreatitis: A nested-case control study within a healthcare database" [Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 108 (2) (2015) 243-249].

scientific article published on 24 September 2016

Cost-effectiveness of enhancing adherence to therapy with blood pressure-lowering drugs in the setting of primary cardiovascular prevention

scientific article published on 01 March 2013

Cost-effectiveness of enhancing adherence with oral bisphosphonates treatment in osteoporotic women: an empirical approach based on healthcare utilisation databases

scientific article published on 24 March 2014

Diabetes mellitus as risk factor for atrial fibrillation hospitalization: Incidence and outcomes over nine years in a region of Northern Italy.

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Diabetes mellitus: a risk factor for seizures in the elderly-a population-based study.

scientific article published on 19 June 2017

Discontinuation of and changes in drug therapy for hypertension among newly-treated patients: a population-based study in Italy

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Discontinuity and failures of therapy with bisphosphonates: joint assessment of predictors with multi-state models.

scientific article published on March 2008

Do patterns of mental healthcare predict treatment failure in young people with schizophrenia? Evidence from an Italian population-based cohort study.

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

Do socioeconomic disparities affect accessing and keeping antihypertensive drug therapy? Evidence from an Italian population-based study

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Drug treatment and adherence of subjects <40 years with diagnosis of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Drug utilization and polypharmacy in an Italian elderly population: the EPIFARM‐elderly project ⬇️

scientific article published on January 24, 2011

Early cardiovascular protection by initial two-drug fixed-dose combination treatment vs. monotherapy in hypertension

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Electrocardiographic monitoring for new prescriptions of quetiapine co-prescribed with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors or memantine from 2005 to 2009. A population study on community-dwelling older people in Italy.

scientific article published on 20 September 2014

Elevated risk of death and major cardiovascular events in subjects with newly diagnosed diabetes: findings from an administrative database

scientific article published on 9 October 2013

Eleven-year trends in gender differences of treatments and mortality in ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction in northern Italy, 2000 to 2010.

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Emergency department visits in older people: pattern of use, contributing factors, geographical differences and outcomes

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Epidemiologic Trends in Hospitalized Ischemic Stroke from 2002 to 2010: Results from a Large Italian Population-Based Study

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

External adjustment for unmeasured confounders improved drug-outcome association estimates based on health care utilization data.

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Factors involved in the discontinuation of antihypertensive drug therapy: an analysis from real life data

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Geographical differences in the prevalence of chronic polypharmacy in older people: eleven years of the EPIFARM-Elderly Project

scientific article published on 28 March 2013

Geographical epidemiology of antibacterials in the preschool age.

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

Good adherence to therapy with statins reduces the risk of adverse clinical outcomes even among very elderly. Evidence from an Italian real-life investigation

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Heterogeneity in antihypertensive treatment discontinuation between drugs belonging to the same class

scientific article published on 01 May 2011

High-potency statins increase the risk of acute kidney injury: Evidence from a large population-based study

scientific article published in May 2014

Hip Fracture Surgery and Survival in Centenarians.

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Implementation of EUnetHTA core Model® in Lombardia: the VTS framework.

scientific article published on 22 January 2014

Incidence, Predictors, and Clinical Implications of Discontinuing Therapy with Inhaled Long-Acting Bronchodilators among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

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Incretin-based drugs and hospitalization for heart failure in the clinical practice: A nested case-control study

scientific article published on 14 October 2018

Incretin-based drugs and risk of acute pancreatitis: A nested-case control study within a healthcare database.

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Initial Antihypertensive Treatment Strategies and Therapeutic Inertia

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Insulin and other antidiabetic drugs and hepatocellular carcinoma risk: a nested case-control study based on Italian healthcare utilization databases.

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Is the Risk of Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight Affected by the Use of Antidepressant Agents during Pregnancy? A Population-Based Investigation

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Issues concerning the use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of fracture: a population-based, nested case-control study.

scientific article published on 22 October 2007

Lithium use from 2000 to 2010 in Italy: a population-based study

scientific article published on 02 February 2015

Management, prognosis and predictors of unfavourable outcomes in patients newly hospitalized for transient ischemic attack: a real-world investigation from Italy

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Medication persistence and the use of generic and brand-name blood pressure-lowering agents

scientific article published in May 2014

Menopause hormone replacement therapy and cancer risk: an Italian record linkage investigation

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Metformin, other antidiabetic drugs, and endometrial cancer risk: a nested case-control study within Italian healthcare utilization databases

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Mother's education and the risk of several neonatal outcomes: an evidence from an Italian population-based study

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Multiple outcomes associated with the use of metformin and sulphonylureas in type 2 diabetes: a population-based cohort study in Italy

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New prescriptions of spironolactone associated with angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and/or angiotensin receptor blockers and their laboratory monitoring from 2001 to 2008: a population study on older people living in the community in Italy ⬇️

scientific article published on September 21, 2012

Outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: differences in clinical profile and treatment between 2002 and 2009.

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Paediatric drug use with focus on off-label prescriptions in Lombardy and implications for therapeutic approaches

scientific article published on 03 August 2013

Perinatal outcome and healthcare resource utilization in the first year of life after antiepileptic exposure during pregnancy

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Peripheral arterial disease: Changes in clinical outcomes and therapeutic strategies in two cohorts, from 2002 to 2008 and from 2008 to 2014. A population-based study

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Persistence with inhaled corticosteroids reduces the risk of exacerbation among adults with asthma: A real-world investigation

scientific article published on 7 April 2016

Persistence with oral and transdermal hormone replacement therapy and hospitalisation for cardiovascular outcomes

Persistence with pharmacological treatment in the specialist mental healthcare of patients with severe mental disorders

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

Potentially severe drug interactions in elderly outpatients: results of an observational study of an administrative prescription database

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Prevalence and management of diabetes in immigrants resident in the Lombardy Region: the importance of ethnicity and duration of stay

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Reduced discontinuation of antihypertensive treatment by two-drug combination as first step. Evidence from daily life practice

scientific article published on 01 July 2010

Reducing the costs of paediatric antibiotic prescribing in the community by implementing guideline recommendations

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

Reply to: "Statins probably do not cause cataracts".

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Respiratory drugs and macrolides prevent asthma exacerbations: A real-world investigation

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Risk of dementia and death in patients with atrial fibrillation: A competing risk analysis of a population-based cohort.

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Serological screening for celiac disease in a northern Italian child and adolescent population after the onset of type 1 diabetes: a retrospective longitudinal study of a 7-year period

scientific article published on 5 February 2016

Sex differences in cardiovascular outcomes, pharmacological treatments and indicators of care in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes: Analyses on administrative database

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Short- and long-term mortality and hospital readmissions among patients with new hospitalization for heart failure: A population-based investigation from Italy

scientific article published on 3 December 2014

Similarity between generic and brand-name antihypertensive drugs for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: evidence from a large population-based study

scientific article published on 01 October 2014

Spirometry testing in a population of Italian children: age and gender differences.

scientific article published on 29 June 2012

Statin use and risk of cataract: A nested case-control study within a healthcare database.

scientific article published on 11 June 2016

Statins and the risk of diabetes: evidence from a large population-based cohort study.

scientific article published on 26 June 2014

The drug prescription network: a system-level view of drug co-prescription in community-dwelling elderly people.

scientific article published on April 2015

The importance of monitoring adverse drug reactions in elderly patients: the results of a long-term pharmacovigilance programme

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Trends in drug prescriptions to diabetic patients from 2000 to 2008 in Italy's Lombardy Region: a large population-based study.

scientific article published on 31 May 2011

Use of Nimesulide During Early Pregnancy and the Risk of Congenital Malformations: A Population-Based Study from Italy

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Use of antidepressant medication in pregnancy and adverse neonatal outcomes: A population-based investigation.

scientific article published on 08 June 2017

Validation of healthcare administrative data for the diagnosis of epilepsy.

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Venous thromboembolism after major orthopaedic surgery: a population-based cohort study.

scientific article published on 26 March 2011

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