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221. STATISTICAL BRIEF #272: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2007
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st272/stat272.shtml
     December 01, 2009 - for nearly one-third of total expenses for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, while prescribed … While prescribed medicines accounted for approximately one-fifth of health expenses (20.7 percent), other … with large proportions having expenses for office-based medical provider visits (71.0 percent) and prescribed … Compared to adults, a substantially smaller share of total expenses for children under 18 were for prescribed … 2007 Total expenses = $1.13 trillion Type of service Hospital inpatient Office-based visits Prescribed

222. Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription at discharge after traumatic injury. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-predictors-opioid-prescription-discharge-after-traumatic-injury
     July 02, 2019 - Recent studies have shown that opioids are frequently prescribed in situations where there is little … Investigators found that patients with more severe injuries were more likely to be prescribed opioids

223. Changes in prescription and over-the-counter medication and dietary supplement use among older adults in the United States, 2005 vs 2011. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-prescription-and-over-counter-medication-and-dietary-supplement-use-among-older
     May 06, 2020 - Since older patients are typically prescribed more medications, they are at higher risk for adverse … while the use of over-the-counter medications declined over time, the number of dietary supplements and prescribed

224. Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines by prescribers and primary care managers: a randomized clinical trial. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-pharmacist-email-alerts-concurrent-prescribing-opioids-and-benzodiazepines-prescribers
     September 07, 2022 - This randomized study found that pharmacist email alerts to clinicians caring for patients recently co-prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed

225. VisualDecisionLinc: Real-Time Decision Support for Behavioral Health - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/visualdecisionlinc-real-time-decision-support-behavioral-health/annual-summary/2012
     January 01, 2012 - The SSAs include demographics such as race, gender, and age, comorbid conditions, and prescribed medications … Aggregated evidence on prescribed medications was organized by medication class to facilitate the understanding … of medication combinations prescribed to the comparative population. … identified five predictors of the next CGI score: 1) CGI measured at the previous visit; 2) type of medicine prescribed

226. Optimizing Acute Post-Operative Dental Pain Management Using New Health Information Technology | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/optimizing-acute-post-operative-dental-pain-management-using-new-hit
     January 01, 2024 - Impact Actively tracking patient-reported symptoms should decrease the number of patients who are prescribed … opioids after surgery upon discharge, as well as the strength of the opioid and length of time they are prescribed … These remaining pills are a potential source of drug diversion—the transfer of a legally prescribed controlled … substance from the individual for whom it was prescribed to another person for any illicit use—and thus

227. Medication Without Harm: How Digital Healthcare Tools Can Support Providers and Improve Patient Safety (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medication-without-harm-slides-07242024.pdf
     January 12, 2025 - • Identified medications in the EHR that were e-prescribed from a Johns Hopkins ambulatory practice … the current standard Additional use cases • Temporary "holds" • Dose adjustments • Medications prescribed … Medications Prescribed Outside of the Local EHR Medications prescribed outside of the local provider … adapted for the ED To decrease the proportion of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs)* prescribed … Change in PIM proportion: » Total PIMs / All discharge medications prescribed to patients aged 65+

228. Principles of conservative prescribing. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/principles-conservative-prescribing
     April 22, 2017 - about new drugs, work with patients for a shared agenda, and consider long-term impacts of medications prescribed

229. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46119/psn-pdf
     August 15, 2018 - Recent studies have shown that opioids are frequently prescribed in situations where there is little … Investigators found that patients with more severe injuries were more likely to be prescribed opioids

230. STATISTICAL BRIEF #341: Changes in Children's Use and Expenditures for Asthma Medications, United States, 1997-1998 to 2007-2008
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st341/stat341.shtml
     September 01, 2011 - Average annual total expenditures on all prescribed asthma medications (in constant 2008 dollars) more … Average annual out-of-pocket expenditures per user on all prescribed asthma medications (in constant … Average annual total expenditures on all prescribed asthma medications by children with reported treatment … Average annual out-of-pocket expenditures per user on all prescribed asthma medications by children with … Asthma medications Each drug that was listed as purchased or otherwise obtained in the MEPS Prescribed

231. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49558/psn-pdf
     April 01, 2008 - She was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate). … She was then prescribed azithromycin. … A 2007 study found that antibiotics were prescribed in 82.7% of outpatient visits due to acute sinusitis … The patient was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate) as initial therapy. … While this agent is the second most common antibiotic prescribed for acute sinusitis (behind amoxicillin

232. Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-pilot-testing-guidelines-monitor-high-risk-medications-ambulatory-setting
     December 06, 2013 - testing revealed that the developed guidelines were not being consistently followed, with infrequently prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed

233. Dementia and risk of adverse warfarin-related events in the nursing home setting. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dementia-and-risk-adverse-warfarin-related-events-nursing-home-setting
     February 23, 2011 - independent risk factor for medication errors among a cohort of geriatric nursing home patients who were prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed

234. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60977/psn-pdf
     January 08, 2020 - Topamax™ had been accidentally selected by a nurse and pended to the physician who then prescribed the … The provider bypassed multiple opportunities to prevent the wrong medication being prescribed, which … SLICE 3: The Pharmacist Reviewing and Filling the Incorrectly Prescribed Medication  The third category … Although the pharmacist dispensed the prescription as it was prescribed, it was the incorrect prescription …  that would enable pharmacists to thoroughly assess and verify the clinical appropriateness of the prescribed

235. Data and Analytics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/coronavirus/data-analytics.html
     August 01, 2023 - characteristics, health insurance coverage, access to care and satisfaction with care, medical conditions, and prescribed … Retail and Mail Order Drugs Used in 2014–18 and Later Prescribed for COVID-19 Research and Analyses AHRQ's

236. Harnessing HIT to Prevent Medication-Induced Birth Defects - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/harnessing-health-information-technology-prevent-medication-induced-birth/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - collected to inform the study: 1) data abstracted from the electronic medical record (EMR) when clinicians prescribed … teratogenic medications; 2) phone interviews conducted with women prescribed medications by study clinicians … As the CDS system was only designed to issue one alert, the clinician was not alerted if the newly prescribed … into modifying the system so that physicians will be alerted to any risks that may result from a newly prescribed

237. Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-prescribing-and-decision-support-improve-rural-primary-care-quality/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - Hypertension, Rural Health * Summary: For many chronic conditions, poor patient compliance with prescribed … e-prescribing software (DrFirst Rcopia) that provides physicians the capability to track the fill status of prescribed … Specific Aims: Improve the rate of adherence to prescribed medications among patients with hypertension … in rural communities. ( Ongoing ) Improve adherence to prescribed medications among patients with

238. Quality Improvement Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/qi-strategies.html
     July 01, 2021 - Pharmacy Review Panels Use pharmacy review panels to determine appropriateness of prescribed medications … patient needs a recommended service (e.g., primary care providers may not be aware that a patient was prescribed … one plan developed predictive reports based on claims data to: 1) identify youth who might be soon prescribed … Plan A: Pharmacy edits to reject second prescription when a child or adolescent is already prescribed … While antipsychotics were often prescribed by psychiatrists, lab tests to monitor side effects were not

239. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/sustaining-antibiotic-guide.docx
     September 01, 2022 - annual sustainability plan is to examine the proportion of clinic visits for which antibiotics are prescribed … three of the “never antibiotics” diagnoses—that is, diagnoses for which antibiotics should never be prescribed … Then, review the proportion of these visits for which an antibiotic was prescribed. … In this example, the proportion of visits in which an antibiotic was prescribed went down over time for … changes, the practice had a decrease in the proportion of influenza visits for which antibiotics were prescribed

240. Antibiotics for URI/Sinusitis—A Simple Decision Gone Bad | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/antibiotics-urisinusitis-simple-decision-gone-bad
     January 01, 2014 - She was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate). … She was then prescribed azithromycin. … A 2007 study found that antibiotics were prescribed in 82.7% of outpatient visits due to acute sinusitis … The patient was prescribed Augmentin (amoxicillin-clavulanate) as initial therapy. … While this agent is the second most common antibiotic prescribed for acute sinusitis (behind amoxicillin