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261. STATISTICAL BRIEF #491: National Health Care Expenses in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, Distributions by Type of Service and Source of Payment, 2013
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     July 01, 2016 - 30 percent of total health care expenses for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population, and prescribed … Expenses for prescribed medicines were a little over one-fifth of expenses for the full population (22.0 … In addition, persons under age 65 with only public insurance had a higher percentage of spending on prescribed … The percentage of health care spending on prescribed medicines was similar for all insurance groups within … Medicare Part D provides optional coverage for prescribed medicines.

262. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Home
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     January 01, 2024 - Under New Data Files The MEPS HC-248A: 2023 Prescribed Medicines File provides detailed information … on household-reported prescribed medicines for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized … population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of prescribed medicine utilization

263. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Home
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     January 01, 2024 - Under New Data Files The MEPS HC-248A: 2023 Prescribed Medicines File provides detailed information … on household-reported prescribed medicines for a nationally representative sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized … population of the United States and can be used to make estimates of prescribed medicine utilization

264. Approaches to Address Health Risks for Older Adults
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     March 15, 2025 - Objective 3: To learn about the associations of pain with risk for OUD/OD outcomes in older adults with prescribed … 35 Presentation 3 Unrelieved Pain and Risk of Opioid Use Disorder or Overdose in Older Adults Prescribed … .,high-dose ≥50 MME/daily, duration >90 days, co-use with benzodiazepines) Unrelieved pain after prescribed … Research Aim To examine the associations of pain status with risk of OUD or OD among older adults prescribed … cause prescription opioid misuse (use without a prescription or for reasons or in ways other than as prescribed

265. Create a Safe Medicine List Together: Scripts (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - We also need to know what other doctors have prescribed and what nonprescription medicines you’re taking … The computer doesn’t always have the medicines that your other doctors prescribed, and we don’t always

266. Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2004 - for older adults, and may be prescribed for long periods of time.17, 28, 30 In our study population … , BZDs were widely prescribed during the study period. … Frequency of prescribed benzodiazepines by strength (1999–2001), age 60+, cont. … Fall-contributing adverse effects of the most frequently prescribed drugs. … Frequency of prescribed benzodiazepines by strength (1999–2001), age 60+ Table 5.

267. Safer prescribing for hospitalized older adults with an electronic health records‐based prescribing context. | PSNet
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     March 09, 2022 - on potentially inappropriate medication doses in hospitalized elderly adults (age 75 and above) prescribed

268. STATISTICAL BRIEF #254: Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Adults Ages 18-44: 2006 versus 1996
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     August 01, 2009 - Although the proportion of adults age 18-44 with expenses for prescribed medicines was lower in 2006 … Although the proportion with expenses for prescribed medicines in 2006 was lower than in 1996, this estimate … Prescribed medicines: Includes expenses for all prescribed medications that were initially purchased … Percentage of adults ages 18-44 with expenses by type of service, 1996 and 2006 Year Office-based Prescribed … 2006 Type of Service 1996 2006 Ambulatory 38.2% 41.5% Inpatient 37.4% 28.5% Prescribed

269. Statistical Brief #93: Health Care Expenditures for Injury-Related Conditions, 2002 (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2005 - Conversely, conditions resulting from injury and associated medical care received prescribed medicines … Conversely, prescribed medicines accounted for a much smaller proportion of injury-related expenses … The percentage of expenses associated with injuries ranged from only 3.1 percent of all prescribed medicine … – Prescribed medicines: This category includes expenses for all prescribed medications that were initially … 10.8% 36.4% 36.9% 6.4% 9.5% Ambulatory Emergency Department Hospital Inpat ent Home Health Prescribed

270. STATISTICAL BRIEF #428: Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Children under Age 18: 2001, 2006, and 2011
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     January 01, 2014 - The proportion of children with expenses for prescribed medicines in 2011 was lower than 2001. … Expenditures by type of service The proportion of children with expenses for prescribed medicines … Prescribed medicines: Includes expenses for all prescribed medications that were initially purchased … type of service, 2001, 2006, and 2011 2001 2006 2011 Office-based 69.7% 71.0% 73.7% Prescribed … for children under age 18 by type of service, 2001, 2006, and 2011 Ambulatory* Inpatient Dental Prescribed

271. Imbedding Research in Practice to Improve Medication Safety (pdf file)
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     May 07, 2008 - requiring dosage adjustment based on renal function (Renal Dosing); (5) are 1 pregnant and are prescribed … that are contraindicated during pregnancy (Prescribing during Pregnancy); or (6) are elderly and are prescribed … Pharmacists were alerted to critical warfarin-drug interactions for the nearly 8,000 KPCO members prescribed … An example of this intervention was assessing thyroid function in patients prescribed amiodarone. … Prescribing during pregnancy.6 Pharmacists were alerted that a patient who was pregnant was prescribed

272. Reducing the Use of Short-acting Nifedipine by Hypertensives Using a Pharmaceutical Database (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2005 - and fourth tiers evaluated patient-specific information to determine to whom and why the drug was prescribed … In the third intervention, short-acting nifedipine was prescribed for hypertension in 46.5 percent of … The final intervention (75 patients) resulted in one patient prescribed short-acting nifedipine for … The other patient was being prescribed short-acting nifedipine for the treatment of hypertension. … Overall impact of the interventions From 1999 to 2004, the number of patients prescribed nifedipine

273. Methodological Challenges in Describing Medication Dosing Errors in Children (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - John Stull, Julia Hecht, Susan Andrade, Marlene Miller, Robert Davis Abstract Although children are prescribed … In our study of pediatric medication errors, we found a wide range of doses prescribed to children for … When medications are prescribed to children off-label, providers often extrapolate pediatric doses from … A child may be prescribed an antibiotic to be taken 5 ml 3 times per day for 10 days (150 ml total) … The automated data will reflect that a 200 ml bottle was dispensed, but not the amount prescribed.

274. Smoking Cessation and Intervention (xls file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Cessation Medication Prescribed?

275. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 24, 2020 - as opposed to the prescription label, the patient reported taking 15 mg twice daily for 19 days (as prescribed … White, MD  This patient was prescribed rivaroxaban to prevent arterial re-thrombosis following thrombolysis … The prescribed dosing of rivaroxaban was the package insert recommendation for the treatment of acute … For patients with a CrCl <15 ml/min, rivaroxaban should not be prescribed.1 Rivaroxaban does have an … When a DOAC is prescribed for initial VTE treatment, higher doses may be given initially (e.g., for the

276. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 22, 2021 - and death among hospitalized patients by 50–80%.19 However, these medications are not universally prescribed … A review of patient charts at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2005 found that only 33% of patients were prescribed … appropriate VTE prophylaxis.4 Of the hospitalized patients who were prescribed VTE prophylaxis, 12% … Of the patients who received suboptimal care, 27% were not prescribed risk- appropriate prophylaxis … and 73% missed at least one dose of prescribed prophylaxis.26 Results Clinical Decision Support Tool

277. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - If your family member is experiencing symptoms and bacteria are found, she or he will typically be prescribed … oxygen levels. · If your family member is experiencing a bad cough and a fever, he/she will typically be prescribed … or she definitely has an infection. · It is crucial that your family member take the antibiotics as prescribed … Make sure the doctor and nurses know that an antibiotic should be prescribed for your family member only … them with any of the following questions to ask a nurse or doctor: · Why is my family member being prescribed

278. Appendix-E-Cdspain-Sample-Clinical-Practice-Guidelines (doc file)
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     October 16, 2020 - Milligram Equivalents (MME) – The number of milligrams of (oral) morphine an opioid dose is equal to when prescribed … Determine the total opioids prescribed (oral MMEs) and tapering speed. 3. … Determine the order of tapering specific opioid medications if more than one is prescribed. 4. … Step 2 – Determine Total Opioids Prescribed (Oral MMEs) and Tapering Speed Opioid tapers can be completed … Step 3 – Determine the Order of Tapering Specific Opioid Medications If More Than One Prescribed If patients

279. MEPS_SB529_FINAL (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2020 - national public health crisis in the past few years.1 Examining expenses, utilization and financing of prescribed … Only prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting (retail and mail-order prescribed … The NSDUH estimates for any opioid use comprise both prescribed use and misuse. … In contrast, MEPS includes only prescribed medicines purchased in outpatient settings (that is, retail … Medicare Part D provides optional coverage for prescribed medicines.

280. Double Trouble | PSNet
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     August 01, 2012 - 2 ) [Go to related commentary] Despite its clear importance, the issue of patient adherence to a prescribed … patient and/or responsible family member previous medication lists alongside the list of medications prescribed … brown-bag check-up” ( 11 ) with their primary care physician, a dedicated time to review all current prescribed … patient and/or responsible family member previous medication lists alongside the list of medications prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed