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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st468/stat468.shtml
February 01, 2015 - Insulin and diabetic supplies and equipment are also included in MEPS prescribed medicines estimates. … Findings
In 2012, the top five therapeutic classes of prescribed drugs purchased by adults age 18 … When expressed as percentages of all prescribed medicine expenses for adults, these classes ranged from … MEPS prescribed medicines files were linked to the Multum Lexicon database to obtain therapeutic class … Top five therapeutic classifications of prescribed drugs ranked by total expenses for adults age 18 and
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st410/stat410.shtml
May 01, 2013 - Insulin and diabetic supplies and equipment are also included in MEPS prescribed medicines estimates. … Findings
In 2010, the top five therapeutic classes of prescribed drugs purchased by adults age 18 and … When expressed as percentages of all prescribed medicine expenses for adults, these classes ranged from … MEPS prescribed medicines files were linked to the Multum Lexicon database to obtain therapeutic class … Top five therapeutic classifications of prescribed drugs ranked by total expenses for adults age 18 and
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meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/more_info_download_data_files.jsp
January 01, 2002 - For a prescription medicines event file, each record represents
a unique prescribed medicine … event; that is, a prescribed medicine reported
as being purchased or otherwise obtained by … The file contains an identifier for each unique prescribed medicine and
information … Each of these files (H68F1–H68F6)
can be linked to the corresponding 1996–2001 MEPS-HC prescribed … For 2002 and later, Multum
Lexicon variables are available on the prescribed medicines files
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_stats/more_info_download_data_files.jsp
January 01, 2002 - For a prescription medicines event file, each record represents
a unique prescribed medicine … event; that is, a prescribed medicine reported
as being purchased or otherwise obtained by … The file contains an identifier for each unique prescribed medicine and
information … Each of these files (H68F1–H68F6)
can be linked to the corresponding 1996–2001 MEPS-HC prescribed … For 2002 and later, Multum
Lexicon variables are available on the prescribed medicines files
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medicinelist-procedure-final508.pdf
June 02, 2025 - � Patients – bring in all the medicines they take, both prescribed and over-the-counter. … Compare the medicine name, prescribed dose, and prescribed frequency to what is
documented in the electronic … If the patient is not taking the medicine as prescribed, try to find out why.
d. … job aid provided with this strategy to help you discuss and resolve common barriers to
adhering to prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit2-concise-antibiogram-toolkit.html
October 01, 2016 - For example, Ciprofloxacin was prescribed 15% of the time versus 22% of the time during the initial chart … Also, Cefuroxime was prescribed 14% of the time, up from 3% during the initial chart review period. 1
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st562/stat562.shtml
July 01, 2025 - heart disease expenditures were incurred through hospital inpatient stays (46.1%)
and prescribed … heart disease treatment (Figure 3)
Among adults treated for heart disease in 2022, 68.8 percent had prescribed … Visits
File ( H239F ), (e) Emergency Room
Visits File ( H239E ), (f)
Prescribed … ., office-based, hospital outpatient or emergency room visits, hospital inpatient stays,
prescribed … Prescribed medicines: Includes expenses for all prescribed medications initially purchased or refilled
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/evidencenow.pdf
February 01, 2017 - �
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64%
Aspirin Use
65%
For people with
known heart disease,
65% are prescribed
daily … 721,762 PATIENTS
Cholesterol Management
57
%
For people at high
risk of heart disease,
57% are prescribed … 60 70 80 90 100%
%
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/evaluation/evidencenow-baseline.pdf
February 01, 2017 - �
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64%
Aspirin Use
65%
For people with
known heart disease,
65% are prescribed
daily … 721,762 PATIENTS
Cholesterol Management
57
%
For people at high
risk of heart disease,
57% are prescribed … 60 70 80 90 100%
%
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reduction-opioid-prescribing-through-evidence-based-prescribing-guidelines
January 27, 2019 - More patients were prescribed nonopioid pain medications after guideline implementation than before. … 27, 2019
Correlation between 24-hour predischarge opioid use and amount of opioids prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3T1-Sample_Policy_Phase_3.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Policy
[NAME OF NURSING HOME]
RE: Antibiogram Program
[DATE]
Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed … antibiotics as
initial therapy and leads to fewer clinical failures of antibiotics that are first prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73566/psn-pdf
August 04, 2021 - health-care-systems
One element of conservative prescribing is minimizing the number of medications prescribed … This study
compared the number of unique, newly prescribed medications (personal formularies) of primary
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837802/psn-pdf
August 10, 2022 - tipping-balance-systematic-review-and-meta-ethnography-unfold-complexity-
surgical
Prophylactic antimicrobials are frequently prescribed … This review summarizes how and why antimicrobials continue to be prescribed
in surgical settings despite
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60994/psn-pdf
October 07, 2020 - This study analyzed the association between potentially inappropriate prescribing involving opioids
prescribed … Results
indicated that a significant proportion of older patients prescribed opioids by their dentist
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/James_Veline_IQHIT_Q6_Adherence_and_Compliance_Patient_Letter.pdf
June 16, 2021 - your prescription drugs, please make sure you are
taking them in the manner in which your provider prescribed … If you have difficulty
taking your medication as prescribed for any reason, please contact our office
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_1415-p005-2-ef.pdf
October 01, 2014 - Denominator Exclusions Data Source(s)
Patients for whom ADHD-
focused evidence-based
behavior therapy was
prescribed … agreeing that there was
evidence in the chart that an ADHD-focused evidence-based behavior therapy was prescribed … , 73 percent
agreeing that ADHD treatment medication was prescribed, and 75 percent agreeing that there … was evidence
in the chart for patients aged 4-5 years that behavior therapy was prescribed as first-line … evidence-based behavior therapy prior to medication being prescribed
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digital.ahrq.gov/2019-year-review/research-summary/emerging-innovative-newly-funded-research/creating-age-friendly-health-systems-implementing-decision
January 01, 2019 - in repeated ED visits, hospitalizations, or other adverse events
Older adults, particularly those prescribed … from the Emergency Department (EQUIPPED) is a previously validated CDS tool developed to reduce PIMs prescribed … previous EQUIPPED implementations show a significant and sustained reduction in the average monthly PIMs prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867475/psn-pdf
February 26, 2025 - For
pain control, the patient was initially prescribed a 5-day course of hydrocodone-acetaminophen 7.5 … Naloxone was not prescribed on either occasion. … Upon
discharge, oxycodone is the most frequently prescribed oral opioid.2
Current guidelines recommend … The prescribed oxycodone dose was in the upper end of the dose range for an opioid naive
patient, at … An alert may display
as a best practice advisory (BPA) when an opioid is prescribed, prompting providers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-department-contribution-prescription-opioid-epidemic
June 21, 2016 - from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey from 1996 to 2012 and found that the quantity of opioids prescribed … While the percentage of opioids prescribed in the ambulatory setting increased from 71% in 1996 to 83% … in 2012, the percentage of opioids prescribed in the emergency department decreased from 7.4% in 1996
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4T2-Quality_Improvement_Review_Tool_for_Antibiotic_Use_in_UTI_Phase_4.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Significant resistance: The nursing home’s antibiogram shows <80 percent sensitivity for the antibiotic
prescribed … significant resistance: The nursing home’s antibiogram shows ≥80 percent sensitivity for the antibiotic
prescribed