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Catherine S Hwang

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ID8450222
NAMECatherine S Hwang
GIVEN NAMESCatherine S
FAMILY NAMEHwang
SIGNATUREHWANG C S
AFFILIATIONSBrigham and Women's Hospital
ORCID0009-0004-0185-3256
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0
  • Using Trademarks to Ensure Completion of Postapproval Trials

    Open Access•Catherine S Hwang, S Sean Tu•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2025

    This Viewpoint evaluates how using trademarks can support the US Food and Drug Administration’s mission to approve safe and effective medications

  • Health Care Spending After Initiating Sacubitril-Valsartan vs Renin-Angiotensin System Blockers for Heart Failure Treatment

    Open Access•Catherine S Hwang, Rishi Desai et al.•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2025

    This cohort study found that Medicare beneficiaries initiating sacubitril-valsartan to treat HFrEF had similar total health care spending as those initiating ACE-I/ARBs; higher prescription drug spending was offset by lower inpatient and outpatient spending. However, sacubitril-valsartan use was associated with higher patient out-of-pocket costs, which may exacerbate health disparities and limit access and affordability

  • State Spending Targets for Prescription Drugs

    Open Access•Catherine S Hwang, Hussain S Lalani et al.•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2024

    This Viewpoint discusses the limitations of state prescription drug spending targets for lowering medication costs

  • The Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis

    Andrew Kolodny, David T Courtwright et al.•ARTICLE•Annual Review of Public Health•2015

    Public health authorities have described, with growing alarm, an unprecedented increase in morbidity and mortality associated with use of opioid pain relievers (OPRs). Efforts to address the opioid crisis have focused mainly on reducing nonmedical OPR use. Too often overlooked, however, is the need for preventing and treating opioid addiction, which occurs in both medical and nonmedical OPR users. Overprescribing of OPRs has led to a sharp increa…

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  • The Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis

    Andrew Kolodny, David T Courtwright et al.•ARTICLE•Annual Review of Public Health•2015

    Public health authorities have described, with growing alarm, an unprecedented increase in morbidity and mortality associated with use of opioid pain relievers (OPRs). Efforts to address the opioid crisis have focused mainly on reducing nonmedical OPR use. Too often overlooked, however, is the need for preventing and treating opioid addiction, which occurs in both medical and nonmedical OPR users. Overprescribing of OPRs has led to a sharp increa…

  • State Spending Targets for Prescription Drugs

    Open Access•Catherine S Hwang, Hussain S Lalani et al.•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2024

    This Viewpoint discusses the limitations of state prescription drug spending targets for lowering medication costs

  • Using Trademarks to Ensure Completion of Postapproval Trials

    Open Access•Catherine S Hwang, S Sean Tu•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2025

    This Viewpoint evaluates how using trademarks can support the US Food and Drug Administration’s mission to approve safe and effective medications

  • Health Care Spending After Initiating Sacubitril-Valsartan vs Renin-Angiotensin System Blockers for Heart Failure Treatment

    Open Access•Catherine S Hwang, Rishi Desai et al.•ARTICLE•JAMA Health Forum•2025

    This cohort study found that Medicare beneficiaries initiating sacubitril-valsartan to treat HFrEF had similar total health care spending as those initiating ACE-I/ARBs; higher prescription drug spending was offset by lower inpatient and outpatient spending. However, sacubitril-valsartan use was associated with higher patient out-of-pocket costs, which may exacerbate health disparities and limit access and affordability

Medicine (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Drug (2 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (2 works) · Medical prescription (2 works) · Medication Adherence and Compliance (2 works) · Risk analysis (engineering (2 works) · Addiction (1 works) · Administration (probate law (1 works) · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (1 works)

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