Elgene Jacobs , Ph.D.
Research Manager, Associate Professor
Pharmacy Management Consultants
Research Summary
Ph.D. Dissertation: "A comparison of dispensing fees based on Indiana community pharmacies' actual markups on prescriptions with fees based on their prescription department operational costs plus an equitable return on investment."
M.S. Thesis: "The development of an instrument to determine pharmacists' attitudes toward substitution."
Education & Experience
Education
- Ph.D., Pharmacy Administration, Purdue University. 1981.
- M.S., Pharmaceutical Socioeconomics, University of Iowa. 1977.
- B.S., Pharmacy. South Dakota State University. 1973.
Professional Licensure: State of Oklahoma
Professional Experience:
- Associate Professor, Univ. of Oklahoma HSC, College of Pharmacy. 1987-present.
- Associate Professor, Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Pharmacy. July 1987-August 1987.
- Assistant Professor, Univ. of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Pharmacy. 1985-1987.
- Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy. 1981-1985.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 1978-1981.
Selected Publications & Presentations
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Jacobs EW. Economic evaluation of utilization management initiatives. Presented at the American Drug Utilization Review Symposium-2008, Scottsdale, AZ. February 29, 2008.
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Jacobs EW. Report of a survey of Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) medicaid pharmacy providers' cost of dispensing a prescription and reimbursement based on medicaid paid pharmacy claims." Final report prepared for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, January 2008.
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Stratton MA, Jordan AH, Harrison DL, Jacobs EW, Skaggs VJ. Disparities in the prevalence of medication therapy for hyperlipidemia in the elderly." The Consultant Pharmacist 2007; 22(10): 847-854.
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Jacobs EW. "Oklahoma Medicaid Population Demographics & Medication Utilization: Pre & Post MMA." Presentation at the American Drug Utilization Review Symposium. La Jolla, CA. March 2006.
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Bui T, Jacobs EW. "A survey of Oklahoma pharmacies' cost of dispensing pharmaceuticals." prepared for the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, July 2005.
Current Grants Awarded
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Les Reinke (PI), Elgene W. Jacobs, research faculty, "Oklahoma Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Program: Eighteenth Year." Oklahoma Health Care Authority-Medicaid, July 2008 - June 2009.
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Elgene W. Jacobs, "Alaska Medicaid Cost of Dispensing Survey." Alaska Medicaid Program. March 2007-December 2008.