Linda Simoni-Wastila - Publications

Affiliations: 
Pharmaceutical Health Services Research University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States 
Area:
General, Epidemiology, Medicine and Surgery, Mental Health

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2020 Olopoenia A, Onukwugha E, Simoni-Wastila L, Camelo-Castillo W, Villalonga-Olives E, Gandhi AB, Slejko J. Patterns of prescription opioid utilization among adolescents and adults with co-morbid chronic pain and mental health diagnosis. Pain. PMID 32453130 DOI: 10.1097/J.Pain.0000000000001934  0.31
2020 Le TT, Park S, Choi M, Wijesinha M, Khokhar B, Simoni-Wastila L. Respiratory events associated with concomitant opioid and sedative use among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bmj Open Respiratory Research. 7. PMID 32213535 DOI: 10.1136/Bmjresp-2019-000483  0.359
2018 Lin HC, Wang Z, Simoni-Wastila L, Boyd C, Buu A. Interstate data sharing of prescription drug monitoring programs and associated opioid prescriptions among patients with non-cancer chronic pain. Preventive Medicine. PMID 30316875 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ypmed.2018.10.011  0.33
2018 Brandt N, Simoni-Wastila L, Sharma K. Practice and Policy/Research Implications of Deprescribing on Medication Use and Safety in Older Adults Public Policy & Aging Report. 28: 116-121. DOI: 10.1093/Ppar/Pry041  0.303
2017 Khokhar B, Simoni-Wastila L, Slejko JF, Perfetto E, Zhan M, Smith GS. In-Hospital Mortality Following Traumatic Brain Injury Among Older Medicare Beneficiaries, Comparing Statin Users With Nonusers. The Journal of Pharmacy Technology : Jpt : Official Publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians. 33: 225-236. PMID 29607441 DOI: 10.1177/8755122517735656  0.3
2017 Mattingly TJ, Simoni-Wastila L. Patient-Centered Drug Approval: The Role of Patient Advocacy in the Drug Approval Process. Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy. 23: 1078-1082. PMID 28944732 DOI: 10.18553/Jmcp.2017.23.10.1078  0.323
2017 Lin HC, Wang Z, Boyd C, Simoni-Wastila L, Buu A. Associations between statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) requirement and physician patterns of prescribing opioid analgesics for patients with non-cancer chronic pain. Addictive Behaviors. 76: 348-354. PMID 28898808 DOI: 10.1016/J.Addbeh.2017.08.032  0.35
2017 Wei YJ, Simoni-Wastila L, Albrecht JS, Huang TY, Moyo P, Khokhar B, Harris I, Langenberg P, Netzer G, Lehmann SW. The association of antidepressant treatment with COPD maintenance medication use and adherence in a comorbid Medicare population: A longitudinal cohort study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. PMID 28833488 DOI: 10.1002/Gps.4772  0.404
2017 Albrecht JS, Khokhar B, Huang TY, Wei YJ, Harris I, Moyo P, Hur P, Lehmann SW, Netzer G, Simoni-Wastila L. Adherence and healthcare utilization among older adults with COPD and depression. Respiratory Medicine. 129: 53-58. PMID 28732836 DOI: 10.1016/J.Rmed.2017.06.002  0.383
2017 Moyo P, Simoni-Wastila L, Griffin BA, Onukwugha E, Harrington D, Alexander GC, Palumbo F. Impact of prescription drug monitoring programs (pdmps) on opioid utilization among medicare beneficiaries in 10 u.s. States. Addiction (Abingdon, England). PMID 28498498 DOI: 10.1111/Add.13860  0.322
2016 Albrecht JS, Park Y, Hur P, Huang TY, Harris I, Netzer G, Lehmann SW, Langenberg P, Khokhar B, Wei YJ, Moyo P, Simoni-Wastila L. Adherence to Maintenance Medications among Older Adults with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Role of Depression. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. PMID 27332765 DOI: 10.1513/Annalsats.201602-136Oc  0.387
2015 Albrecht JS, Huang TY, Park Y, Langenberg P, Harris I, Netzer G, Lehmann SW, Khokhar B, Simoni-Wastila L. New episodes of depression among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. PMID 26284687 DOI: 10.1002/Gps.4348  0.34
2015 Slade EP, Simoni-Wastila L. Forecasting Medicaid Expenditures for Antipsychotic Medications. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.). 66: 713-8. PMID 25828875 DOI: 10.1176/Appi.Ps.201400042  0.339
2015 Albrecht JS, Kiptanui Z, Tsang Y, Khokhar B, Smith GS, Zuckerman IH, Simoni-Wastila L. Patterns of Depression Treatment in Medicare Beneficiaries with Depression after Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. PMID 25526613 DOI: 10.1089/Neu.2014.3651  0.326
2015 Palmer JB, Albrecht JS, Park Y, Dutcher S, Rattinger GB, Simoni-Wastila L, Walker LD, Zuckerman IH. Use of drugs with anticholinergic properties among nursing home residents with dementia: a national analysis of Medicare beneficiaries from 2007 to 2008. Drugs & Aging. 32: 79-86. PMID 25491558 DOI: 10.1007/S40266-014-0227-8  0.31
2015 Wei YJ, Palumbo FB, Simoni-Wastila L, Shulman LM, Stuart B, Beardsley R, Brown C. Relationships between antiparkinson medication nonadherence, regimen modifications, and healthcare utilization and expenditures. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 21: 36-41. PMID 25465748 DOI: 10.1016/J.Parkreldis.2014.10.021  0.325
2015 Albrecht JS, Kiptanui Z, Tsang Y, Khokhar B, Liu X, Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman IH. Depression among older adults after traumatic brain injury: a national analysis. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association For Geriatric Psychiatry. 23: 607-14. PMID 25154547 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jagp.2014.07.006  0.316
2015 Huang TJ, Yang J, Moyo P, Simoni-Wastila L. Co-occurring mental illness in emergency department and hospital inpatient encounters related to substance abuse in Maryland Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 10. DOI: 10.1186/1940-0640-10-S1-A22  0.304
2014 Canham SL, Gallo J, Simoni-Wastila L. Perceptions of benzodiazepine dependence among women age 65 and older. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 57: 872-88. PMID 24918963 DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2014.901470  0.326
2014 Dutcher SK, Rattinger GB, Langenberg P, Chhabra PT, Liu X, Rosenberg PB, Leoutsakos JM, Simoni-Wastila L, Walker LD, Franey CS, Zuckerman IH. Effect of medications on physical function and cognition in nursing home residents with dementia. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 62: 1046-55. PMID 24823451 DOI: 10.1111/Jgs.12838  0.346
2014 Wei YJ, Palumbo FB, Simoni-Wastila L, Shulman LM, Stuart B, Beardsley R, Brown CH. Antiparkinson drug adherence and its association with health care utilization and economic outcomes in a Medicare Part D population. Value in Health : the Journal of the International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 17: 196-204. PMID 24636377 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jval.2013.12.003  0.316
2014 Simoni-Wastila L, Wei YJ, Luong M, Franey C, Huang TY, Rattinger GB, Zuckerman IH, Brandt N, Lucas JA. Quality of psychopharmacological medication use in nursing home residents. Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy : Rsap. 10: 494-507. PMID 24355380 DOI: 10.1016/J.Sapharm.2013.10.003  0.337
2014 Qian J, Simoni-Wastila L, Rattinger GB, Zuckerman IH, Lehmann S, Wei YJ, Stuart B. Association between depression and maintenance medication adherence among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 29: 49-57. PMID 23606418 DOI: 10.1002/Gps.3968  0.561
2013 Wei YJ, Palumbo FB, Simoni-Wastila L, Shulman LM, Stuart B, Beardsley R, Brown C. Antiparkinson drug use and adherence in medicare part D beneficiaries with parkinson's disease Clinical Therapeutics. 35: 1513-1525. PMID 24139423 DOI: 10.1016/J.Clinthera.2013.09.001  0.32
2013 Qian J, Simoni-Wastila L, Rattinger GB, Lehmann S, Langenberg P, Zuckerman IH, Terrin M. Associations of depression diagnosis and antidepressant treatment with mortality among young and disabled Medicare beneficiaries with COPD. General Hospital Psychiatry. 35: 612-8. PMID 23871313 DOI: 10.1016/J.Genhosppsych.2013.06.005  0.539
2013 Stuart B, Davidoff A, Erten M, Gottlieb SS, Dai M, Shaffer T, Zuckerman IH, Simoni-Wastila L, Bryant-Comstock L, Shenolikar R. How Medicare Part D benefit phases affect adherence with evidence-based medications following acute myocardial infarction. Health Services Research. 48: 1960-77. PMID 23742013 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12073  0.332
2013 Qian J, Simoni-Wastila L, Langenberg P, Rattinger GB, Zuckerman IH, Lehmann S, Terrin M. Effects of depression diagnosis and antidepressant treatment on mortality in Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61: 754-61. PMID 23617752 DOI: 10.1111/Jgs.12220  0.539
2013 Rattinger GB, Burcu M, Dutcher SK, Chhabra PT, Rosenberg PB, Simoni-Wastila L, Franey CS, Walker LD, Zuckerman IH. Pharmacotherapeutic management of dementia across settings of care. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 61: 723-33. PMID 23590231 DOI: 10.1111/Jgs.12210  0.375
2012 Stuart B, Yin X, Davidoff A, Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman I, Shoemaker JS, Doshi J. Impact of Part D low-income subsidies on medication patterns for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes. Medical Care. 50: 913-9. PMID 23047779 DOI: 10.1097/Mlr.0B013E31826C85F9  0.34
2012 Zuckerman IH, Yin X, Rattinger GB, Gottlieb SS, Simoni-Wastila L, Pierce SA, Huang TY, Shenolikar R, Stuart B. Effect of exposure to evidence-based pharmacotherapy on outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in older adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 60: 1854-61. PMID 23003000 DOI: 10.1111/J.1532-5415.2012.04165.X  0.343
2012 Simoni-Wastila L, Qian J. Influence of prescription monitoring programs on analgesic utilization by an insured retiree population. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 21: 1261-8. PMID 22996564 DOI: 10.1002/Pds.3342  0.513
2012 Simoni-Wastila L, Wei YJ, Qian J, Zuckerman IH, Stuart B, Shaffer T, Dalal AA, Bryant-Comstock L. Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease maintenance medication adherence with all-cause hospitalization and spending in a Medicare population. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. 10: 201-10. PMID 22521808 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amjopharm.2012.04.002  0.58
2012 Rattinger GB, Dutcher SK, Chhabra PT, Franey CS, Simoni-Wastila L, Gottlieb SS, Stuart B, Zuckerman IH. The effect of dementia on medication use and adherence among Medicare beneficiaries with chronic heart failure. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. 10: 69-80. PMID 22264854 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amjopharm.2011.11.003  0.408
2012 Simoni-Wastila L, Qian J, Wei YJJ, Stuart B, Zuckerman IH, Shaffer T, Dalal AA, Bryant-Comstock L. Should Medicare rely on high drug spending as a criterion for medication therapy management programmes? Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. 3: 213-219. DOI: 10.1111/J.1759-8893.2012.00102.X  0.564
2012 Rattinger G, Burcu M, Dutcher S, Zuckerman I, Chhabra P, Simoni-Wastila L, Franey C, Walker L. P2-354: Racial variations in medication use among dementia patients Alzheimer's & Dementia. 8: P384-P385. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jalz.2012.05.1064  0.322
2011 Dipaula BA, Qian J, Mehdizadegan N, Simoni-Wastila L. An elective psychiatric course to reduce pharmacy students' social distance toward people with severe mental illness. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 75: 72. PMID 21769148 DOI: 10.5688/Ajpe75472  0.46
2011 Stuart B, Simoni-Wastila L, Yin X, Davidoff A, Zuckerman IH, Doshi J. Medication use and adherence among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes enrolled in Part D and retiree health plans. Medical Care. 49: 511-5. PMID 21422956 DOI: 10.1097/Mlr.0B013E31820Bf885  0.361
2011 Simoni-Wastila L, Wei Y, Qian J, Zuckerman I, Stuart B, Shaffer T, Dalal A, Bryant-Comstock L. PRS22 COPD MAINTENANCE MEDICATION ADHERENCE: INFLUENCE ON HOSPITALIZATION AND SPENDING IN A MEDICARE POPULATION Value in Health. 14: A140-A141. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jval.2011.02.783  0.549
2011 Chhabra P, Dutcher S, Rattinger G, Zuckerman I, Simoni-Wastila L, Gottleib S, Stuart B. PCV18 MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND HOSPITALIZATION AMONG CHRONIC HEART FAILURE MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WITH AND WITHOUT DEPRESSION Value in Health. 14: A35. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jval.2011.02.206  0.352
2010 Stuart BC, Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman IH, Davidoff A, Shaffer T, Yang HW, Qian J, Dalal AA, Mapel DW, Bryant-Comstock L. Impact of maintenance therapy on hospitalization and expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. 8: 441-53. PMID 21335297 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amjopharm.2010.10.002  0.586
2010 Palumbo FB, Simoni-Wastila L, Lavallee DC, Blatt L, Mullins CD. Access to pharmaceuticals in the post-Medicare part D era Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. 1: 9-14. DOI: 10.1211/Jphsr.01.01.0005  0.376
2009 Blanchette CM, Simoni-Wastila L, Shaya FT, Orwig D, Noel J, Stuart B. Depression following thrombotic cardiovascular events in elderly medicare beneficiaries: risk of morbidity and mortality. Cardiology Research and Practice. 2009: 194528. PMID 20069046 DOI: 10.4061/2009/194528  0.34
2009 Simoni-Wastila L, Blanchette CM, Qian J, Yang HW, Zhao L, Zuckerman IH, Pak GH, Silver H, Dalal AA. Burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Medicare beneficiaries residing in long-term care facilities. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. 7: 262-70. PMID 19948302 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amjopharm.2009.11.003  0.552
2009 Dalal AA, Petersen H, Simoni-Wastila L, Blanchette CM. Healthcare costs associated with initial maintenance therapy with fluticasone propionate 250 μg/salmeterol 50 μg combination versus anticholinergic bronchodilators in elderly US Medicare-eligible beneficiaries with COPD. Journal of Medical Economics. 12: 339-47. PMID 19827993 DOI: 10.3111/13696990903369135  0.311
2009 Simoni-Wastila L, Yang HW, Blanchette CM, Zhao L, Qian J, Dalal AA. Hospital and emergency department utilization associated with treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a managed-care Medicare population. Current Medical Research and Opinion. 25: 2729-35. PMID 19778165 DOI: 10.1185/03007990903267157  0.534
2009 Simoni-Wastila L, Ryder PT, Qian J, Zuckerman IH, Shaffer T, Zhao L. Association of antipsychotic use with hospital events and mortality among medicare beneficiaries residing in long-term care facilities. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association For Geriatric Psychiatry. 17: 417-27. PMID 19390299 DOI: 10.1097/Jgp.0B013E31819B8936  0.548
2009 Blanchette CM, Simoni-Wastila L, Shaya F, Orwig D, Noel J, Stuart B. Health care use in depressed, elderly, cardiac patients and the effect of antidepressant use. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : Ajhp : Official Journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 66: 366-72. PMID 19202046 DOI: 10.2146/Ajhp080092  0.334
2009 Stuart BC, Simoni-Wastila L, Zhao L, Lloyd JT, Doshi JA. Increased persistency in medication use by U.S. Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes is associated with lower hospitalization rates and cost savings. Diabetes Care. 32: 647-9. PMID 19171724 DOI: 10.2337/Dc08-1311  0.328
2008 Simoni-Wastila L, Yang HW, Lawler J. Correlates of prescription drug nonmedical use and problem use by adolescents. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 2: 31-9. PMID 21768970 DOI: 10.1097/Adm.0B013E31815B5590  0.31
2008 Zuckerman IH, Ryder PT, Simoni-Wastila L, Shaffer T, Sato M, Zhao L, Stuart B. Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of dementia among Medicare beneficiaries. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 63: S328-33. PMID 18818454 DOI: 10.1093/Geronb/63.5.S328  0.321
2008 Blanchette CM, Akazawa M, Dalal A, Simoni-Wastila L. Risk of hospitalizations/emergency department visits and treatment costs associated with initial maintenance therapy using fluticasone propionate 500 microg/salmeterol 50 microg compared with ipratropium for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in older adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. 6: 138-46. PMID 18775388 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amjopharm.2008.08.005  0.342
2008 Simoni-Wastila L. Increases in opioid medication use: balancing the good with the bad. Pain. 138: 245-6. PMID 18583052 DOI: 10.1016/J.Pain.2008.05.017  0.318
2008 Yang HW, Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman IH, Stuart B. Benzodiazepine use and expenditures for Medicare beneficiaries and the implications of Medicare Part D exclusions. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.). 59: 384-91. PMID 18378837 DOI: 10.1176/Appi.Ps.59.4.384  0.378
2008 Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman IH, Shaffer T, Blanchette CM, Stuart B. Drug use patterns in severely mentally ill Medicare beneficiaries: impact of discontinuities in drug coverage. Health Services Research. 43: 496-514. PMID 18370965 DOI: 10.1111/J.1475-6773.2007.00779.X  0.378
2008 Blanchette CM, Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman IH, Stuart B. A secondary analysis of a duration response association between selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in the aging population. Annals of Epidemiology. 18: 316-21. PMID 18261924 DOI: 10.1016/J.Annepidem.2007.11.004  0.306
2008 Blanchette C, Simoni-Wastila L, Shaya F, Orwig D, Noel J, Stuart B. PCV84 HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION FOLLOWING THROMBOTIC CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS IN ELDERLY MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES Value in Health. 11: A211-A212. DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3015(10)70670-7  0.305
2008 Simoni-Wastila L, Shaffer T, Hsu V, Mullins C, Qian J, Yang H, Chen C, Kim E, Whitehead R. PMH77 ANTIPSYCHOTIC METABOLIC PROPENSITY AND POLYTHERAPY: INFLUENCE ON HOSPITALIZATION Value in Health. 11: A133. DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3015(10)70423-X  0.543
2006 Simoni-Wastila L, Yang HK. Psychoactive drug abuse in older adults. The American Journal of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy. 4: 380-94. PMID 17296542 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amjopharm.2006.10.002  0.537
2006 Zerzan JT, Morden NE, Soumerai S, Ross-Degnan D, Roughead E, Zhang F, Simoni-Wastila L, Sullivan SD. Trends and geographic variation of opiate medication use in state Medicaid fee-for-service programs, 1996 to 2002. Medical Care. 44: 1005-10. PMID 17063132 DOI: 10.1097/01.Mlr.0000228025.04535.25  0.339
2006 Zuckerman IH, Langenberg P, Baumgarten M, Orwig D, Byrns PJ, Simoni-Wastila L, Magaziner J. Inappropriate drug use and risk of transition to nursing homes among community-dwelling older adults. Medical Care. 44: 722-30. PMID 16862033 DOI: 10.1097/01.Mlr.0000215849.15769.Be  0.327
2006 Stuart B, Simoni-Wastila L, Baysac F, Shaffer T, Shea D. Coverage and use of prescription drugs in nursing homes: implications for the medicare modernization act. Medical Care. 44: 243-9. PMID 16501395 DOI: 10.1097/01.Mlr.0000199652.15293.Fc  0.345
2005 Simoni-Wastila L, Zuckerman IH, Singhal PK, Briesacher B, Hsu VD. National estimates of exposure to prescription drugs with addiction potential in community-dwelling elders. Substance Abuse. 26: 33-42. PMID 16492661 DOI: 10.1300/J465V26N01_04  0.392
2005 Stuart B, Simoni-Wastila L, Chauncey D. Assessing the impact of coverage gaps in the Medicare Part D drug benefit. Health Affairs (Project Hope). W5-167-W5-179. PMID 15840626 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.W5.167  0.373
2004 Ross-Degnan D, Simoni-Wastila L, Brown JS, Gao X, Mah C, Cosler LE, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Salzman C, Shader RI, Inui TS, Soumerai SB. A controlled study of the effects of state surveillance on indicators of problematic and non-problematic benzodiazepine use in a Medicaid population. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 34: 103-23. PMID 15387395 DOI: 10.2190/8Fr4-Qyy1-7Myg-2Agj  0.317
2004 Simoni-Wastila L, Ritter G, Strickler G. Gender and other factors associated with the nonmedical use of abusable prescription drugs. Substance Use & Misuse. 39: 1-23. PMID 15002942 DOI: 10.1081/Ja-120027764  0.352
2004 Simoni-Wastila L, Strickler G. Risk factors associated with problem use of prescription drugs. American Journal of Public Health. 94: 266-8. PMID 14759941 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.94.2.266  0.357
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