Scientific Publications

  • Allegri N, Mennuni S, Rulli E, Vanacore N, Corli O, Floriani I, De Simone I, Allegri M, Govoni S, Vecchi T, Sandrini G, Liccione D, Biagioli E. Systematic review and meta-analysis on neuropsychological effects of long-term use of opioids in chronic non-cancer pain patients. Pain Pract. 2018 Oct 24. doi:10.1111/papr.12741.
  • Allegri N, Rossi F, Del Signore F, Bertazzoni P, Bellazzi R, Sandrini G, Vecchi T, Liccione D, Pascale A, Govoni S. Drug prescription appropriateness in the elderly: an Italian study. Clin Interv Aging.2017; 12:325-333.
  • Maggiolo, E. Di Filippo, L. Comi, A. Callegaro, GL Colombo, S. Di Matteo, D Valsecchi, M. Rizzi, Reduced adherence to antiretroviral therapy is associated with residual low-level viremia, Pragmatic and Observational Research 2017:8 91-97
  • Giorgio L. Colombo, Enrico Agabiti-Rosei, Alberto Margonato, Claudio Mencacci, Carlo Maurizio Montecucco, Roberto Trevisan, Alberico L. Catapano, Impact of substitution among generic drugs on persistence and adherence: A retrospective claims data study from 2 Local Healthcare Units in the Lombardy Region of Italy, Atherosclerosis Suppl. 21 (2016) 1-8
  • Pellacani G, Witkowski A, Cesinaro AM, Losi A, Colombo GL, Campagna A, Longo C, Piana S, De Carvalho N, Giusti F, Farnetani F. Cost-benefit of reflectance confocal microscopy in the diagnostic performance of melanoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2016 Mar;30(3):413-9.
  • Anna Poli, Sergio Di Matteo, Giacomo M Bruno and Giorgio L Colombo, Economic burden of Clostridium difficile in five hospitals of the Florence health care system in ItalyRisk Management and Healthcare Policy 2015:8
  • Colombo GL, Cammà  C, Attili AF, Ganga R, Gaeta GB, Brancaccio G, Franzini JM, Volpe M, Turchetti G. Patterns of treatment and costs of intermediate and advanced hepatocellular carcinoma management in four Italian centers.Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2015 Oct 19;11:1603-12.
  • Franco Maggiolo, Giorgio L Colombo, Sergio Di Matteo et al, Cost-effectiveness analysis of antiretroviral therapy in a cohort of HI V-infected patients starting first-line highly active antiretroviral therapy during 6 years of observation, Patient Related Outcome Measures 2015:6 53-60
  • Colombo GL, Castagna A, Di Matteo S, Galli L, Bruno G, Poli A, Salpietro S, Carbone A, Lazzarin A, Cost analysis of initial highly active antiretroviral therapy regimens for managing human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients according to clinical practice in a hospital setting, Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2014;10:9-15. doi: 10.2147/TCRM.S49428.
  • Giorgio L. Colombo, Carlo Maurizio Montecucco, Generic vs brand originator alendronate: analysis of persistence and compliance in five Local Healthcare Units in the Lombardy Region of Italy, Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism 2013; 10(3): 195-198
  • Graaff SS A.A., D’Hooghe T.M., Dunselman1 G.A.J. GL Colombo et al, The significant effect of endometriosis on physical, mental and socialwellbeing: results from an international cross-sectional survey Human Reproduction,, pp. 1-9, 2013
  • Colombo GL, Agabiti-Rosei E, Margonato A, Mencacci C, Montecucco CM, et al.(2013) Off-Patent Generic Medicines vs. Off-Patent Brand Medicines for Six Reference Drugs: A Retrospective Claims Data Study from Five Local Healthcare Units in the Lombardy Region of Italy. PLoS ONE 8(12): e82990. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0082990, 2013
  • De Graaff AA, D’Hooghe TM, Dunselman GA, Dirksen CD, Hummelshoj L; WERF EndoCost Consortium, Simoens S. G. Colombo et al The significant effect of endometriosis on physical, mental and social wellbeing: results from an international cross-sectional survey. Hum Reprod. 2013 Jul 11.
  • Colombo GL, Di Matteo S, Vinci M, Gatti C, Pascali MP, De Gennaro M, Macrellino E, Mosiello G, Redaelli T, Schioppa F, Dieci C A cost-of-illness study of spina bifida in Italy July Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2013 Volume 2013:5 Pages 309 – 316
  • Ruggeri I, Bragato D, Colombo GL, Valla E, Di Matteo S, Cost and appropriateness of treating asthma with fixed-combination drugs in local health care units in Italy, ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research 2012:4 375-382
  • Giorgio L Colombo, Elisa Rossi, Marisa De Rosa, Danilo Benedetto, Antonio V Gaddi, Antidiabetic therapy in real practice: indicators for adherence and treatment cost. Patient Preference and Adherence 2012:6 653-661
  • Steven Simoens, Gerard Dunselman, Carmen Dirksen, Giorgio L Colombo, et al. The burden of endometriosis: costs and quality of life of women with endometriosis and treated in referral centres, Human Reproduction, Vol.0, No.0 pp. 1-8, 2012
  • Viviano Benedini, Nicola Caporaso, Gino Roberto Corazza, Giorgio L. Colombo et al, Burden of Crohn’s disease: economics and quality of life aspects in Italy, ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research 2012:4 209-218
  • GL Colombo, GF Altomare, K Peris, P Martini, G Quarta, M Congedo, A Costanzo, A Di Cesare, E Lapucci, S Chimenti, Moderate and severe plaque psoriasis: cost-of-illness study in Italy, Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management 2008:4(2) 1.10