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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837329/psn-pdf
June 08, 2022 - This analysis of antibiotics prescribed to more than 2.8 million children
showed more than 30% of children … with bacterial infection, and 4%-70% of children with viral infection were
inappropriately prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837145/psn-pdf
May 18, 2022 - among adult patients
(ages 21 and older) at one tertiary hospital, with almost half of inpatients prescribed … Findings indicate that medication administration errors increase as the number
of prescribed drugs increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73449/psn-pdf
June 30, 2021 - risk for an opioid-related adverse outcome within one year when “adults” just over age 18 years were
prescribed … opioids that would not have been prescribed if they were under 18 years and considered
“children.”
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854375/psn-pdf
October 11, 2023 - medication-errors
Pharmacists are frequently involved in medication reviews for hospitalized patients prescribed … This randomized controlled study explored pharmacist involvement with patients
prescribed DOAC in ambulatory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72851/psn-pdf
March 17, 2021 - multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention
on medication safety after hospitalization in persons
prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on
medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/cholesterol-flowchart.pdf
June 02, 2025 - e
Yes
PATIENT
INCLUDED IN
DENOMINATOR
1
Was the patient
prescribed or on a statin
at any … Yes
PATIENT
INCLUDED IN
DENOMINATO
2
Was the patient
prescribed or on a statin
at any time during … No
Yes PATIENT
INCLUDED IN
DENOMINATOR
3
Was the patient
prescribed or on a
statin at any time
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/chart-review-tool.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Was a controller medication prescribed?
Which medication was prescribed?
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st442/stat442.shtml
June 01, 2014 - Osteoporosis medications Each drug that was listed as purchased or otherwise obtained in the MEPS Prescribed … 2000–2001 to 2010–2011
2000–2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011
All prescribed … 2000–2001 to 2010–2011
2000–2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011
All prescribed … $51 $64 $83 $62 $41
SERMs (in constant 2011 dollars) $30 $30 $29 $20 $22 $14
Note: All Prescribed … 2000–2001 to 2010–2011
2000–2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011
All prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/gap-analysis-tool.pdf
September 01, 2022 - ☐ Other:
☐ N/A
☐ Monthly
☐ Quarterly
☐ Biannually
☐ Annually
☐ Other:
☐ N/A
Antibiotics prescribed … ☐ Other:
☐ N/A
☐ Monthly
☐ Quarterly
☐ Biannually
☐ Annually
☐ Other:
☐ N/A
Antibiotics prescribed … ☐ Other:
☐ N/A
☐ Monthly
☐ Quarterly
☐ Biannually
☐ Annually
☐ Other:
☐ N/A
Antibiotics prescribed … Interventions
Data Point Frequency of Data
Gathering
Frequency of
Data Feedback
Antibiotics prescribed … ☐ Other:
☐ N/A
☐ Monthly
☐ Quarterly
☐ Biannually
☐ Annually
☐ Other:
☐ N/A
Antibiotics prescribed
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st538/stat538.shtml
November 01, 2021 - Only prescriptions obtained in an outpatient setting (retail and
mail-order prescribed … Medicines Data File (HC-160A)
2013 Full-Year Consolidated Data File (HC-163)
2018 Prescribed Medicines … MEPS prescribed medicines files were linked to the Multum Lexicon
database to … A prescribed medicine can be assigned multiple therapeutic classes
and subclasses … The estimates presented in this Brief include all
prescribed medicines assigned
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/christakis-da-et-al
January 01, 2023 - of prescriptions for otitis media that were for <10 days and frequency with which antibiotics were prescribed … Intervention providers had a 34% greater reduction in the proportion of time they prescribed antibiotics … increased to 69.7%"
"Providers in the intervention arm had a 44% change in the frequency with which they prescribed
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st355/stat355.pdf
January 20, 2012 - Prescribed
medicines accounted for 20.5 percent of health expenses, while other health
service categories … emergency room services, office-based
medical provider services, dental services, home health care, prescribed … While expenses for prescribed medicines comprised over one-fifth of
total expenses for adults age 18 … Medicare Part D provides coverage for prescribed medicines. … Office-based visits
Prescribed medicines
Hospital outpatient
Dental
Emergency room
Home health care
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-150-metabolic-monitoring-testing-summary.pdf
December 31, 2015 - that separately assesses whether youth received a
baseline metabolic screening when they are first prescribed … was associated with a fourfold risk of diabetes in the following year, compared with children not
prescribed … American Psychiatric
Association that recommend metabolic screening and monitoring for individuals prescribed … Care Disparities
There is little research on potential disparities in metabolic monitoring for youth prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47073/psn-pdf
July 02, 2019 - physician-prescribing-opioids-patients-increased-risk-overdose-
benzodiazepine-use-united
Patients prescribed … Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to identify adults already using a benzodiazepine who were
newly prescribed
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st457/stat457.shtml
November 01, 2014 - type of service, with large proportions having expenses for ambulatory services (74.9 percent) and prescribed … , ambulatory services (office-based visits, hospital outpatient care, and emergency room services), prescribed … type of service, with large proportions having expenses for ambulatory services (74.9 percent) and prescribed … for: hospital inpatient services (16.1 versus 5.8); ambulatory services expenses (91.8 versus 72.1); prescribed … Hospital inpatient services $10,308 $9,408 $12,982
Ambulatory services $611 $503 $1,385
Prescribed
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-fulfillment-data-community-practices-clinical-care-and-research/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Prescribing data represent what clinicians have prescribed for patients-ideally, the intended medication … fulfillment data has the potential to improve coordination of care by revealing what other clinicians have prescribed … help clinicians provide better informed care by revealing whether a patient has been able to adhere to prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-warning-cpoe-system-inappropriate-pill-splitting-prescribed-medications-outpatients
July 16, 2015 - Study
Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed … Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed medications in outpatients … Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed medications in outpatients
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/reducing-adverse-drug-1.pdf
March 01, 2020 - Methods prescribed by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
(PRISMA … Petersen et al. (2018) found that, among Medicare
beneficiaries prescribed five or more medications, … the mean number of prescribed medications was
significantly reduced, from 11.6 to 9.1 (p=0.032), for … There was also a larger reduction in the number of drugs
prescribed in the intervention group (p<0.046 … Effectiveness of the medication safety review clinics
for older adults prescribed multiple medications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/opioid-stewardship
December 15, 2024 - Updated: November 10, 2025
Description
Opioid stewardship is the appropriate use of prescribed … prescribing dictates that prescriptions should only be written for the patients who are intended to use the prescribed … risk for an opioid-related adverse outcome within one year when “adults” just over age 18 years were prescribed … opioids that would not have been prescribed if they were under 18 years and considered “children.”
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T5-Sample_Policy_Letter_final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Letter
[NAME OF NURSING HOME]
RE: Antibiogram Policy
[DATE]
Antibiotics are among the most commonly prescribed … broad-spectrum antibiotics as initial therapy and leads to fewer clinical failures of antibiotics that are first prescribed