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21. Hepatitis-C-Treatment-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/hepatitis-c-treatment-adherence_executive.pdf
    September 22, 2011 - Medication adherence is defined as the patient’s use of antiviral agents according to the prescribed … doses taken, and proportion taking at least 80% of prescribed doses). … The study evaluated the treatment adherence of patients who were prescribed RibaPak, available in 400 … mg and 600 mg ribavirin tablets (i.e., reduced pill burden), compared with patients prescribed 200 … The proportion of prescribed doses taken was measured objectively based on pill counts at each visit

22. App-D-Opioid-Chronic-Pain-Surveillance-Report-3 (xls file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-3.xlsx
    September 30, 2015 - Pain > 3 months, currently prescribed opioids Exclusion: cancer and end-of-life treatment A. … B Opioid misuse behaviors (using more than prescribed, using more often then prescribed, early refills … Weak opioids; investigators prescribed most suitable drug and daily dose, and would switch to another … of at least 50 morphine milligram equivalents Exclusion: cancer, hospice, palliative care, and those prescribed

23. Effective Health Care (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND_0371_11-23-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - living skills (e.g., maintaining a household, managing money, getting around the community, taking prescribed

24. DEcIDE 33: Summary Variables in Observational Resesarch: Propensity Scores and Disease Risk Scores (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/observational-research-scores_research.pdf
    May 01, 2012 - Since statins are prescribed to reduce LDL levels, people who receive statins tend to have higher LDL … rosuvastatin would tend to have even higher baseline LDL levels than those prescribed other statins … If rosuvastatin tends to be prescribed to people who have a higher underlying risk of rhabdomyolysis … For example, if the last patient prescribed rosuvastatin by the clinician developed rhabdomyolysis, … These databases include records of prescribed medications and encounters with medical care providers

25. S143 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - cohort studies, propensity scores, observational research (Med Care 2007;45: S143–S148) Drugs are prescribed … Variable Statin Initiators (N � 4144) Noninitiators (N � 4144) P 1 No. prescribed medications 5.0 … Variable Statin Initiators (N � 3579) Noninitiators* (N � 3579) P 1 No. prescribed medications 4.6 … Variable Statin Initiators (N � 2901) Noninitiators* (N � 2901) P 1 No. prescribed medications 4.6

26. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hepatitis-c-treatment-adherence_research-protocol.pdf
    September 13, 2011 - Some studies defined treatment adherence as the patient adhering to 80 percent or more of the total prescribed … dose or to the prescribed treatment duration.23-25 The most commonly used definition of adherence … Continued use of prescribed medication by the patient (i.e., without discontinuation) is often referred … Regimen adherence is defined as adherence by the patient to the prescribed followup visits, laboratory … • Treatment regimens: prescribed antiviral therapy.

27. An analytical framework for quantifying components of variability in prescriber decisions (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/instrumental-variable-methods_research.pdf
    April 01, 2010 - For example, statins (cholesterol lowering medications) may be prescribed to patients after AMI along

28. QR Medica Web Site (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc-challenge-1stplace-qrmedica.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - AOM is the most common childhood infection for which antibiotics are prescribed in the United States. … QR Medica -Treating Acute Otitis Media for Clinicians Complete the full course of all medications prescribed

29. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Executive (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2016 - National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys found that in the period 2007−09, antibiotics were prescribed … outpatient offices and emergency departments (EDs) for acute bronchitis found that antibiotics were prescribed … Surveys indicated that 60 percent of children diagnosed with pharyngitis from 1997 through 2010 were prescribed … Similarly, very few studies measured actual use of prescribed antibiotics, and even fewer studies reported … education alone, there was no difference between groups in the proportion of antibiotics that were prescribed

30. PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antipsychotic-medicine-cardiovascular-elderly_research.pdf
    February 01, 2009 - in older populations.5-8 In a recent observational study of elderly beginning use of APMs, patients prescribed … conventional agents had a 37% greater, dose-dependent risk of short-term mortality than those prescribed … intolerance, or treatment failure.13 To control for potential differences in characteristics of those prescribed … There still may be other aspects of patients newly prescribed conventional APMs that we were unable

31. Rapid Evidence Product: Misuse of ADHD Prescription Stimulants in Adults (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/misuse-adhd-prescription-rapid-research.pdf
    July 01, 2025 - Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) defines misuse as “taking a medication in a manner or dose other than prescribed … review focuses on the epidemiology and adverse health consequences of misuse of stimulants commonly prescribed … Of these, 54.3% reported they were either diagnosed with ADHD and/or prescribed these drugs. … : Study compared young adults who were prescribed ADHD stimulants with siblings who were prescribed … Within past 4 years, of those prescribed ADHD stimulants: 22% misused, 10% “got high” on it. Why?

32. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Clinician (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - Interventions To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Uncomplicated Acute Respiratory Tract Infections Focus of This Summary This is a summary of a systematic review evaluating the evidence regarding the effectiveness and adverse consequences of strategies for reducing antibiotic use in adults and children with unco…

33. Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medication-therapy-management-1_research.pdf
    July 01, 2012 - The MTM Grant Program will target individuals who take four or more prescribed medications, take any … Dosage Route Directions for use (sig) as prescribed 7. For each medication ask: a. … Is the dose too low or prescribed at too low of a frequency? (3.1) b. … Is the dose too high or prescribed at too high of a frequency? (3.2) c. … can be related to the logistics of the prescribing or dispensing mechanism C5.1 C5.2 C5.3 Prescribed

34. Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/off-label-use-research-priorities_research.pdf
    May 01, 2009 - approval for an indication is given, however, the FDA has a minimal role in determining whether drugs are prescribed … assessment of pharmaceutical utilization generally, is the availability of evidence that relates a prescribed … Currently, physicians are not required to document the indication for which a drug is prescribed. … Future recording of a diagnosis for each drug prescribed is likely to be increasingly useful and feasible … C onclus ion Future research into off label drug use should focus on drugs currently being prescribed

35. Disposition of Comments for CER 163 Appropriate Antibiotics (pdf file)
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    January 27, 2016 - Guidelines are contradictory as to which patients should be prescribed antibiotics and there is no … register- based/database-based studies there are solely information about the type of antibiotic prescribed … Studies did not provide confidence intervals for percentages of patients prescribed antibiotics. … largest disconnect between guidelines suggesting no antibiotic treatment and the continued use of prescribed … Most antibiotics are prescribed in primary care for RTIs (>80%).

36. Microsoft Word - ehcrr#2toCSI.doc (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/atypical-antipsychotics-seniors-death_research.pdf
    August 01, 2007 - Introduction Antipsychotic medications (APMs) are disproportionately used in the elderly and are prescribed … Comparing the most frequently prescribed APMs individually with risperidone showed increased mortality … 37,241 BC residents 65 years and older initiating treatment with antipsychiotic medications, patients prescribed … conventional agents had a 35% greater, dose- dependent risk of short-term mortality than those prescribed

37. AHRQ Slide Template 2019-Widescreen
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/mhs-IV-epc-grand-rounds-slides.pptx
    January 01, 2023 - intervention group more likely to be satisfied with pain management Two RCTs with reduced opioids filled/prescribed

38. Middle Ear Infections: What to Expect and Treatment Options (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/ebc-challenge-3rdplace_tympanic.pdf
    October 08, 2025 -  Follow up as directed by your healthcare provider  Use and complete all of the medications as prescribed

39. Disposition of Comments: Technical Brief 37 Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/tech-brief-37-opiod-use-adults-comments.pdf
    November 03, 2020 - o All 6 studies that examined greater amounts of prescribed opioids (higher number of opioid prescriptions … Introduction Reference: “It is plausible that many older adults misuse prescribed opioids by taking … respiratory depression.xxvii Clinicians face difficult challenges in monitoring patients taking prescribed … Association Between Opioid Dose Variability and Opioid Overdose Among Adults Prescribed Long-term Opioid … TO YOU AND THE WHOLE MEDICAL SYSTEM – THERE WAS NO "DISORDER" when I was prescribed this

40. Asthma-Provider-Adherence Executive (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2013 - asthma can be symptom-free if they receive appropriate medical care, use inhaled corticosteroids when prescribed … prescriber feedback intervention.55 In the other study, there was no difference in percentage of patients prescribed … The two non- RCTs reported moderate effect size defined as change in percentage of patients prescribed … OR: 3.80 (95% CI: 1.4, 10.32) and percent increase in patients prescribed controller meds pre and post