DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY ADMINISTRATION
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
DISSERTATIONS
1964-2022
1. Aiken, Margaret Marx
Individual Determinants of Prescription Drug Use among Noninstitutionalized Elderly: A Path Analytic Study of the 1980 National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey
May, 1991
2. Athavale, Amod S.
Development of the Medication Non-Adherence Scale and the Medication Non-Persistence Scale
January, 2015
3. Banahan, Benjamin Franklin III
An Empirical Examination of the Components of Primary Care Medicine from the Viewpoint of the Practitioner
August, 1980
4. Barbre, Anne Rouege
A Study of Determinants of Prescribed and Nonprescribed Medicine Use among a Sample of Urban Elderly
November, 1987
5. Barker, Kenneth Neil
An Analysis of the Work and Utilization of the Pharmacist in Small Mississippi Hospitals to Estimate Some Effects of the Introduction of a Pharmacy Auxiliary Worker
May, 1971
6. Barnard, Marie
The Potential for Screening for Interpersonal Violence in Community Pharmacies: An Exploratory Study
May, 2012
7. Basak, Ram Sankur
Concurrent Adherence to Multiple Chronic Disease Medications: Examining the Behavior and Issues Concerning its Measurement
August, 2013
8. Basara, Lisa Ruby
The Impact of Direct -to- Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medications on New Prescription Volume and Consumer Information Search Behavior
May, 1995
9. Bellande, Bruce James
A Comparative Analysis of Cost and Perceived Effectiveness of Postgraduate Continuing Education for Mississippi Pharmacists
May, 1975
10. Benfield, William Richard
A Determination of the Effect of a Unit of Education on the Community Pharmacist’s Ability to Detect the Early Warning Signs of Cancer
May, 1975
11. Bentley, John Paul
An Examination of Consumer Judgments of the Level of Inherent Burden Associated with the Medication Consumption Experience and Generated by Features of Drug Therapy
December, 1998
12. Bhattacharya, Kaustuv
Multiple Myeloma – Treatments, Economic Burden, and End of Life Care
March, 2020
13. Blackwell, Steven A.
An Empirical Examination of Customer Loyalty
May, 1998
14. Bonnarens, Joe Keith
Measuring the Presence of the Service Profit Chain and its Impact in Independent Community Pharmacy
May, 2003
15. Bouldin, Alicia Corinne Sanders
Information Search and Preference in the Decision to Use Herbal Supplements
May, 1999
16. Brown, Wayne M.
A Study of Study Attitudes: A Comparison of the Different Areas of Pharmacy Practice to an Ideal Pharmacy Practice
December, 1972
17. Bunniran, Suvapun
Patient Service Experiences in Community Pharmacy: An Examination of Health Criticality, Service Failure Incidents, and Service Recovery Efforts and Their Influence on Patronage Outcomes
December, 2010
18. Bynum, Leigh Ann
The Relationship between Psychological Contract Breach, Professional Identity, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors among Pharmacy Faculty: An Equity Sensitivity Perspective
December, 2011
19. Clark, Winston Craig
Effects of Self Esteem upon Perceptions of the Sick Role in an Urban, Poor, Minority Group Population
December, 1975
20. Crumby, Ashley
Valuation of Mentorship in Pharmacy Education and the Impact of Perceived Personal Relevance
July, 2019
21. Datar, Manasi
Predictors of Use of Hydroxyurea and its Impact on Clinical and Economical Outcomes among Children with Sickle Cell Disease
May, 2015
22. Dibie, Chukwuebuka
Patient Treatment Priorities and Patient-Centered Care in Rheumatoid Arthritis
October, 2020
23. Dunn, Tyler
Going Green – The Relationship Between Medical Marijuana Policy Implementation and Opioid Prescribing Patterns
September, 2022
24. Feldhaus, Joseph Bernard
The Perception of Customer Service at the Drug Wholesaler-Independent Retail Pharmacist Interface
April, 1989
25. Francis, William Rankin
A Study of Some Factors Related to Job Satisfaction among Staff Level Hospital Pharmacists in Hospitals Larger Than 200 Bed Capacity
May, 1976
26. Freeman, Judy K.
Optimizing the Provision of Student Health Services in Southeastern Universities: A Maximum Difference Conjoint Analytic Approach Using Best-Worst Scaling
December, 1995
27. Freeman, Robert Alan
The Economic Cost of Chronic Pulmonary Emphysema: A National Estimate for the Year 1970
December, 1973
28. French, William Benjamin
The Presence and Perception of Health Belief Model Variables in Television Drug Commercial Advertisements: A Content Analysis
August, 1976
29. Gangan, Nilesh
Testing a Modified Model of Stress Process for Understanding Quality of Life among Informal Caregivers and Assessing their Formal Service Use
July, 2019
30. Garner, Dewey Duane
A Study of Drug Utilization Patterns through Prescription Analysis
August, 1970
31. Gibson, Jerry Tyrone
A Factor Analytic Study of Pharmacy Students’ Explanation of Their Choice of Pharmacy as a Major with Comparisons by Race and Sex
August, 1971
32. Grapes, Zach Thomas
A Study of Pharmacists’ Attitudes and Beliefs toward the Selling and Use of Cigarettes
January, 1984
33. Gray, Rick H.
A Multivariate Analysis of Relationships between Objectively Defined Attributes and Physician Perceptions as an Approach to Marketing Substance Abuse Treatment Service
March, 1985
34. Grogan, James Erwin
A Study of the Economic Cost of Ulcerative Colitis: A National Estimate for the Year 1968
August, 1971
35. Hatoum, Hind Tillawi
The Development of the Professional Role of the Pharmacist during Various Stages of Socialization
December, 1980
36. Hightower, William L.
An Index of Health for Mississippi
May, 1975
37. Holmes, Erin R.
The Role of Emotional Dissonance as an Affective State on the Emotional Labor Process of Retail Chain Pharmacists
May, 2008
38. Huffman, Delton C. Jr.
The Feasibility of Modern Managerial Systems and Innovative Professional Services in a Community Pharmacy: A Case Study
January, 1971
39. Inguva, Sushmitha
Sleep and Health-related Quality of Life among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Caregivers
April, 2021
40. Jackson, Joseph Dennis
An Investigation of Prescribed and Nonprescribed Medicine Use Behavior within the Family Context
August, 1981
41. Jackson, Richard Allen
The Development of a Measure of Quality for Community Pharmacy Practice
August, 1972
42. Jackson, Tristen
Pharmacy Value-Based Incentive Programs: An Evaluation of Health Plan Strategies, Pharmacist Attitudes, and Financial Impact on Retail Stores
July, 2019
43. Jariwala-Parikh, Krutika Maulik
Quality of Life and Healthcare Utilization and Costs among Adults with Autism
April, 2015
44. Jernigan, James Martin
An Examination of Factors Associated with Antihypertensive Prescribing Patterns and the Adoption of New Antihypertensives by a Sample of Physicians
December, 1991
45. Joshi, Namita
Health Utility Assessment among Caregivers of Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis
December, 2015
46. Juergens, John Philip
The Influence of Physician and Patient Characteristics on the Prescribing of New Prescription Drugs
April, 1985
47. Kanaly, George William Jr.
A Multi Variate Analysis of Impact of Architecture upon Nursing Job Satisfaction in Mississippi Long Term Care Facilities
August, 1979
48. Keeling, Nicholas
A Sustainable Future in the Implementation of Clinical Pharmacogenomics
September, 2019
49. Keller, Bernard Gerard
A Study of the Purchasing Practices of the State of Mississippi
January, 1966
50. King, Sean R.
The Influence of Symbols on the Recall of Pharmacy-Generated medication Information in a Low Health Literate Population
May, 2008
51. Kolassa, Eugene Micheal Jr.
Hospital Pharmacy Directors and Competing Optima: An Evaluation of the Importance of Cost-Effectiveness versus Acquisition Price
December, 1995
52. Larson, Lon Norman
The Impact of Governmental Regulation on the Believability of Prescription Drug Advertising: An Experimental Investigation of Symbolic Impact and Fair Balance
August, 1976
53. Lecca, Pedro Juan
A Feasibility Study of Latin American Cooperative Teaching and Research Programs at the University of Mississippi
January, 1971
54. Lee, Benjamin Y.
A Structural Comparative Analysis of Hospital Based Alcohol Treatment Programs
May, 1984
55. Lobb, William B.
Patients’ Decision Making in a Multi-Tier Co-Payment Environment
May, 2007
56. Lockhart, Lora B.
Participative Behaviors of Hospital Directors of Nursing in Administration
August, 1984
57. Lohrisch, David Niven
A Systems Analysis of a Hospital Based Rural Emergency Medical Service System
August, 1975
58. Lokhandwala, Tasneem
Impact of Time-Varying and Time-Invariant Measures of Adherence to Secondary Prevention Therapies Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Application of Marginal Structural Models (MSMs)
December, 2013
59. Lorendo, Leah Campbell
Educational Technology: Computer Implementation in Communication Sciences and Disorders
May, 1988
60. Maclayton, Darego Wilson
A Multivariate Analysis of Foreign Market Entry Strategies in the United States – Based on Health-Care Products Industry: An Empirical Study of Current Corporate Behavior and Potential Future Opportunities
May, 1976
60. Mahabaleshwarkar, Rohan
Management of Breast Cancer in the Medicaid Population
May, 2014
61. Mburu, Francis Mwichigi
Health Behavior in Kenya: A Comparative Multivariate Analysis of Factors Associated with Child Health in Rural Communities
May, 1976
63. McCaffrey, David John III
Initial Noncompliance: The Definition and Description of the Unclaimed Prescription Phenomenon in Community Pharmacy. A National Unclaimed Prescription Audit Pilot
December, 1995
64. McDaniel, Phillip Anthony
Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Videotaped Program to Train Pharmacists and Pharmacy Students to Conduct Family Planning Consultations
November, 1981
65. McKay, Alan B.
The Utilization of a Commercially Available Pharmacy Computer System as a New Medium for the Provision of Continuing Education
December, 1980
66. Mendonca, Clive M.
Effect of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) on Utilization of Thiazolidenediones in a Medicaid Population
December, 2015
67. Monk-Tutor, Mary R.
Factors Influencing the Diffusion of a Health Care Innovation: Adoption of Home Infusion Therapy Services by Community Pharmacists
May, 1993
68. Murphy, Masako Nagasawa
Promotion Strategies and the Boston Consulting Group Product Portfolio in the Ethical Pharmaceutical Industry
May, 1991
69. Newton, David Simpson
An Inquiry into the Supply of and Demand for Pharmacy Manpower, 1960-1977
August, 1971
70. Norwood, George Joseph
An Analysis of New Product Market Failures in Pharmacy Administration
January, 1970
71. Null, Kyle Dennis
Development and Comparative Predictive Validity of an Outpatient Medication Exposure Measure for Risk Adjustment Using Retrospective Claims Data
August, 2012
72. Nunna, Sasikiran
End of life costs in Medicare beneficiaries with Parkinson’s disease
November, 2019
73. Palumbo, Francis Bernard
An Experimental Study of Consumer Expectations and Knowledge of a Hypothetical Over-the-Counter Cold Preparation
December, 1974
74. Patel, Amit S.
Antecedents of Consumers’ Intentions Regarding the Purchase of Prescription Drugs via the Internet: An Examination of Two Different “Unlawful” Consumer Behaviors
May, 2007
75. Paul, Douglas Randall
Effects of Off-Label Prescribing on Patient Decision Making
May, 2012
76. Payne, Kattie B.
The Development and Evaluation of an Adverse Drug Event Risk Profile for Hospitalized Patients Taking Cardiovascular Drugs
May, 1990
77. Poovala, Sai(Shaun) Prasanth
Segmentation of Managed Health Care Plans Based on Initial Pos-Introduction Longitudinal Utilization Levels of New Medications: An Exploratory Investigation
April, 1997
78. Portner, Tracy S.
Factors Influencing College Students’ Selection of a Source of Information about OTC Medications
July, 1991
79. Rappaport, Harvey Michael
The Identification and Assessment of Realistic Pharmacy-Specific Health Planning Goals
May, 1981
80. Ramachandran, Sujith
Identification of Stimulant Misuse and Malingering of Symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
May, 2017
81. Reisetter, Brian C.
Relationship between Psychosocial Physician Differences and Physician Price Awareness
August, 2002
82. Roberts, Kenneth Boyett
A Drug Utilization Review of Medically Treated Duodenal Ulcers in Four Mississippi Hospitals
August, 1975
83. Rowland, Clayton Richard
An Analysis of Price Trends for Drugs and Pharmacy Services through the Calculation of Price Indexes
June, 1972
84. Ruchit, Shah
Measuring and Understanding Health-Related Quality of Life among Adult Patients with Hemophilia
August, 2016
85. Ryan, Michael Richard
An Analysis of the Work of Fifty Community Pharmacists in Northern Mississippi
December, 1972
86. Salkar, Monika
Coping with Pain and Health-Related Quality of Life among Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
87. Schwab, Phil
Customer Tolerance in Community Pharmacy
October, 2014
88. Scruggs, James A.
A Study of Pre-Medicaid and Post-Medicaid Prescribing Patterns of Physicians through Prescription Analysis
August, 1972
89. Sewak, Saurabh S.
Building Effective Pharmaceutical Product Websites: Assessing Media and Interactivity Effects in Pharmaceutical Promotion
August, 2002
90. Shah-Patel, Mansi A.
Corporate Advertising in the Pharmaceutical Industry
May, 2007
91. Shahpurwala, Zainab
Youth with Type I Diabetes Mellitus: An Examination of Adolescents’ Illness Perceptions and Associated Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life
December, 2015
92. Sharpe, Thomas Roberts
A Multivariate Analysis of Professionalism and Attitudes toward Drug Antisubstitution Laws among United States Pharmacists
May, 1975
93. Smith, Mickey Charles
The Problems of Economic and Market Research in the Pharmaceutical Industry: An Application of the Census of Manufacturers
August, 1964
94. Sparkmon, Wesley
The Role of Values in Communicating Pharmacy Technician Role Expansion
July, 2022
95. Spies, Alan
Psychological Contract Violations in Pharmacy Students and Their Effect on Outcomes
96. Steiner, Kenneth Charles
The Economic Feasibility of Financing the Operation of a Centralized Drug Agency through Saving in the Costs of Drugs Used in the Mississippi Medicaid Drug Program
August, 1980
97. Suryavanshi, Manasi
Treatment Patterns, Clinical and Economic Outcomes Associated with Intravenous Immunoglobulin Use in Medicare Population
June, 2020
98. Suter, John L. Sr.
An Alternative to the Present Mississippi Medicaid Plan for Reimbursing Intermediate Nursing Home Care
August, 1987
99. Sweeney, Patrick J.
A Comparison of Low Birthweight, Perinatal Mortality, and Infant Mortality between First and Second Births to Women Seventeen Years of Age and Under
April, 1987
100. Tharp, Charles Patrick
Taxation in the Pharmaceutical Industry in Mississippi
February, 1971
101. Thompson, James Blake
A Conjoint Analysis of Selection Criteria Used in the Screening Phase of Pharmaceutical Sales Selection
August, 2003
102. Thumula, Vennela
An Evaluation of Medicaid Programs Using Medication Use-Related Quality Measures
August, 2012
103. Umeh, Joseph Chukwuemeka
The Attitudes of Nigerian Physicians toward a National Health Service
December, 1984
104. Visconti, James Andrew
An Epidemiologic and Economic Study of Adverse Drug Reactions in Patients on the Medical Service of a University Teaching Hospital
January, 1969
105. Wamble, David E.
The Role of Brand Name Fluency: A Pharmaceutical Marketing Perspective
May, 2018
106. Watkins, Carey Eugene
A Feasibility Study for Pharmaceutical Processing Industries in Mississippi
May, 1964
107. West, Donna Sue
A Conceptualization of the Trust Formation Process and Investigation of the Trustworthiness of Community Pharmacists Using a Practical Reasoning Framework
December, 1999
108. White, Linda S.
Functional Analysis of Birth Certificate Data Collection Procedures in Mississippi Hospitals
April, 1990
109. Whyte, Edward Gordon Jr.
A Multi Variate Analysis of the Marketing Background and Marketing Orientation of Community Mental Health Center Chief Executive Officers and of Community Mental Health Marketing Programs
May, 1985
110. Wilcox, Sallye Montgomery
The Effect of PSRO on Utilization of Services in Mississippi Hospitals
August, 1984
111. Wilson, Charles Nicodemus
Prospective Reimbursement to Hospitals by Medicaid
May, 1983
112. Zhang, Yiqiao
Quality and Cost Associated with Cancer Care
July, 2021
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