Staff

Amanda Patrick, M.S., is a project manager and resident expert on decision science in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital. She completed her master’s degree at the Harvard School of Public Health, where she focused on decision science and completed an internship at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Ms. Patrick has additional experience working in pharmacoeconomics consulting. Her interests center around patient behavior such as decisions to initiate and remain adherent to medications, and the ways in which policies, economic incentives, and education can influence such behavior. She is currently involved in an evaluation of the effect of drug policy changes in British Columbia.

Selected Publications

• Choudhry NK, Patrick AR, Antman EM, Avorn J, Shrank WH. Cost-effectiveness of providing full drug coverage to increase medication adherence in post-myocardial infarction Medicare beneficiaries. Circulation 2008 Mar 11;117(10):1261-8. Epub 2008 Feb 19.
• Wang PS, Schneeweiss S, Setoguchi S, Patrick A, Avorn J, Mogun H, Choudhry NK, Brookhart MA. Ventricular arrhythmias and cerebrovascular events in the elderly using conventional and atypical antipsychotic medications. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2007 Dec;27(6):707-10.
• Patrick AR, Winkelmayer WC, Avorn J, Fischer MA. Strategies for the management of suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Pharmacoeconomics 2007;25(11):949-61.
• Schneeweiss S, Patrick AR, Stürmer T, Brookhart MA, Avorn J, Maclure M, Rothman KJ, Glynn RJ. Increasing levels of restriction in pharmacoepidemiologic database studies of elderly and comparison with randomized trial results.
  Med Care 2007 Oct;45(10 Supl 2):S131-42.
• Schneeweiss S, Patrick AR, Maclure M, Dormuth CR, Glynn RJ. Adherence to beta-blocker therapy under drug cost-sharing in patients with and without acute myocardial infarction. Am J Manag Care 2007 Aug;13(8):445-52.
• Brookhart MA, Patrick AR, Dormuth C, Avorn J, Shrank W, Cadarette SM, Solomon DH. Adherence to lipid-lowering therapy and the use of preventive health services: an investigation of the healthy user effect. Am J Epidemiol 2007 Aug 1;166(3):348-54. Epub 2007 May 15.
• Brookhart MA, Patrick AR, Schneeweiss S, Avorn J, Dormuth C, Shrank W, van Wijk BL, Cadarette SM, Canning CF, Solomon DH. Physician follow-up and provider continuity are associated with long-term medication adherence: a study of the dynamics of statin use. Arch Intern Med 2007 Apr 23;167(8):847-52.
• Schneeweiss S, Patrick AR, Maclure M, Dormuth CR, Glynn RJ. Adherence to statin therapy under drug cost sharing in patients with and without acute myocardial infarction: a population-based natural experiment. Circulation 2007 Apr 24;115(16):2128-35. Epub 2007 Apr 9.
• Brookhart MA, Avorn J, Katz JN, Finkelstein JS, Arnold M, Polinski JM, Patrick AR, Mogun H, Solmon DH. Gaps in treatment among users of osteoporosis medications: the dynamics of noncompliance. Am J Med 2007 Mar;120(3):251-6.
• Wang PS, Patrick A, Avorn J, Azocar F, Ludman E, McCulloch J, Simon G, Kessler R. The costs and benefits of enhanced depression care to employers. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2006 Dec;63(12):1345-53.
• Solomon DH, Katz JN, Cabral D, Patrick AR, Bukowski JF, Coblyn JS. Osteoporosis management in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Evidence for improvement. Arthritis Rheum 2006 Dec 15;55(6):873-7.
• Wang PS, Brookhart MA, Setoguchi S, Patrick AR, Schneeweiss S. Psychotropic medication use for behavioral symptoms of dementia. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2006 Nov;6(6):490-5. [Review]
• Polinski JM, Patrick A, Truppo C, Breiner L, Chen YT, Egan C, Jan S, Patel M, Weiss TW, Solomon DH. Interactive voice response telephone calls to enhance bone mineral density testing. Am J Manag Care 2006 Jun;12(6):321-5.
• Winkelmayer WC, Schneeweiss S, Mogun H, Patrick AR, Avorn J, Solomon DH. Identification of individuals with CKD from Medicare claims data: a validation study. Am J Kidney Dis 2005 Aug;46(2):225-32.
• Wang PS, Schneeweiss S, Brookhart MA, Glynn RJ, Mogun H, Patrick AR, Avorn J. Suboptimal antidepressant use in the elderly. J Clin Psychopharmacol 2005 Apr;25(2):118-26.