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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/measuring-blood-pressure-future_research.pdf
August 01, 2012 - Different prescriptions of SMBP should be compared in trials examining
SMBP adherence and BP control … 3 What is the best prescription or protocol for SMBP (when, how often, and how frequently)? … What is the best prescription or protocol for SMBP (when, how often, and how
frequently)? … What Is the Best Prescription
or Protocol for SMBP? … What is the best prescription or protocol for SMBP (when, how often, and how
frequently)?
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-d-opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-3.xlsx
September 30, 2015 - Inclusion: Adults aged 18 to 64 years with post-surgical, non-cancer back pain; addiction to prescription … Duration: Up to 12 months of followup Inclusion: 12 months of continuous opioid prescriptions of at least … Prospective cohort
Nested within an ongoing nationwide prospective cohort study, the Evaluating Opioid Prescription … 83%
Black: 10%
Other: 6%
Female: 83% Long-term opioid therapy defined as the presence of at least 3 prescription … factors (marital status, educational level, employment status, economic status, health insurance and prescription
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_research-protocol.pdf
September 22, 2014 - guidelines recommending no antibiotic treatment
for most acute RTIs, the majority of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions … an estimated 76 million ambulatory office visits for acute RTIs resulted in 41
million antibiotic prescriptions … healthy adults visiting outpatient offices and
emergency departments for acute bronchitis revealed prescriptions … microorganisms is the
principal public health concern motivating efforts to improve appropriate antibiotic prescriptions … prescription!of!antibiotics!
! Improved!appropriate!use!
of!antibiotics!
KQ#2:!
! Antibiotic!
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/emt-naloxon_research-protocol.pdf
November 29, 2016 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review
Abuse and overdoses associated with prescription … Vital signs: overdoses of prescription
opioid pain relievers---United States, 1999--2008. … Risk Factors of Prescription Opioid
Overdose Among Colorado Medicaid Beneficiaries. … The underrecognized toll of prescription
opioid abuse on young children. … Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain
and overdose: a cohort study.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s1.pdf
October 01, 2007 - In addition to increasing access to outpatient prescription
medications through a new federal program … As the federal government becomes a major payer
of prescription drugs while also providing insurance
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-end-of-life-quality-meaures_research.pdf
April 01, 2010 - PACE is the largest US state prescription benefits program for the elderly. … and $9 for brand name prescription. … pharmacy
dispensing records from these programs are considered accurate because pharmacists fill
prescriptions … Prescriptions for the opiate analgesics were based on National Drug Codes (NDC)
for both generic and … be measured in SEER Medicare data.7 The advent of Part D, with
the resultant claims for outpatient prescriptions
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/cancer-drugs-utilization_research.pdf
January 01, 2011 - proportion of beneficiaries with a particular cancer
diagnosis prior to their first kinase inhibitor prescription … beneficiaries with a particular cancer
diagnosis prior to their first biological response modifier prescription … first other immunomodulator, other immunosup-
pressive, and miscellaneous biologic
nonblood product prescription … Prescription Drug Event
(PDE) data were used to identify
Medicare Part D eligibility and biolog-
ics … Codes (NDCs) for biologics of interest; and (d) looked back 1,
3, 6, and 12 months from the date of prescription
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/osteoarthritis-pain-2006_appendixes.pdf
January 01, 2006 - perforation,
or surgery): Adjusted
Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Kasliwal
2006National
Health Service
prescription … 15,268Celec
oxib n=17,458
Patients for whom a
completed
questionnaire was
returned among GP-
dispensed
prescriptions … Notes
Kasliwal 2006National
Health Service
prescription data
(England)Rofecoxib
n=15,268Celecoxib … Notes
Layton 2003aNational
Health Service
prescription
datan=36,545
Meloxicam Adjusted
RR=0.56 … Celecoxib n=17,458
Patients for
whom a
completed
questionnaire
was returned
among GP-
dispensed
prescriptions
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/antibiotics-respiratory-infection_executive.pdf
January 01, 2016 - and resource intensive than counting prescriptions. … Therefore, studies have generally evaluated the impact of
interventions on overall antibiotic prescriptions … with instructions to delay, issuing a postdated prescription, and leaving
prescriptions for collection … , some do not, and some may get a delayed
prescription. … For sore
throat, a study found a small reduction in overall
prescriptions (<10%) and 1 fewer day of
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/introduction-user-guide-to-ocer_130129.pdf
April 26, 2012 - Recognizing the need for outcomes research,
Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug,
Improvement … chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease,13 carotid revascularization
among Medicare beneficiaries,14 prescription … Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003, Public Law No. 108-
173, § 1013 … Comparisons of persistence and durability among
three oral antidiabetic therapies using electronic
prescription-fill
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioid-chronic-pain-surveillance-report-3.pdf
June 01, 2022 - Impact of naloxone education for patients
receiving buprenorphine-containing
prescriptions indicated … Associations between stopping prescriptions
for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and
overdose or … Larger Initial Opioid Prescriptions
Following Total Joint Arthroplasty Are
Associated with Greater … The
impact of state legislation on opioid
prescriptions in female pelvic reconstructive
surgery. … Opioid Prescriptions in Chronic Pain
Rehabilitation.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/introduction-to-user-guide-overview.pptx
January 01, 2013 - To address the need for outcomes research, Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement … Recognizing the need for outcomes research, Section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement … Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, Pub. L.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/heart-failure-rehospitalization_research.pdf
November 01, 2007 - We used data on filled outpatient prescriptions for β-blockers and estimated the timing
and duration … For any two consecutive prescriptions, we examined the time (in days) between the
4
Effective Health … filled prescription. … For patients with
more than one β-blocker prescription filled on the same day, we used the prescription … We also used data from filled outpatient prescriptions found in pharmacy databases to
assign prior and
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/patient-generated-health-data-protocol-chronic-conditions.pdf
March 17, 2020 - These are devices that
are commercially available to consumers and do not require a prescription from … products do not require a health
professional, and may be purchased directly by consumers without a prescription … EXCLUDE: Surrogates such as prescription filling behavior, biomarkers that do
not define the condition … integration into
electronic health
records.
3/17/20 Table 1,
Outcomes
EXCLUDE:
Surrogates such as
prescription … EXCLUDE:
Surrogates such as
prescription filling
behavior, biomarkers
that do not define the
condition
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medication-therapy-management_executive.pdf
November 01, 2014 - addition to problems involving adverse
drug events, many patients do not receive
optimal pharmaceutical prescriptions … drug costs and appropriate prescription drug expenditures
� Other health care costs
� Health care … Improving
the quality of medication use in elderly patients: a not-so-simple
prescription. … Out-of-Bounds: Rising Prescription Drug Prices for
Seniors. … Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement,
and Modernization Act of 2003. 2003.
11. Bluml BM.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/bariatric-surgery_research.pdf
June 01, 2010 - clinical effectiveness, safety, and appropriateness of health care items and
services, particularly prescription … We knew the date that each prescription was filled and the
number of days of drug supplied. … There was a more modest decrease in the mean number of prescriptions filled for
antidepressant medications … Similarly, the mean prescription fills for antihypertensive
medications and lipid-lowering medications … We also used prescription drug claims information (NDC codes) to identify additional
persons under
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/wheelchair-service_disposition-comments.pdf
January 01, 2012 - The
clinical team is responsible for the prescription and
supporting medical documentation. … For example, payers require a physician
prescription, often severely limit the type of therapist and … We clarified the source of the prescription process
description. … physician is intimately involved in the process and his or her
role is far more involved than generating prescriptions … a custom
TLSO orthotic or controlled medicine without a physician’s
prescription.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs-IV-rapid-response-deprescribing.pdf
February 01, 2024 - established criteria or lists (e.g., Beers,
Screening Tool of Older Persons' potentially inappropriate Prescriptions … 202346
Randomized
clinical trial
Outpatient
clinics
Age ≥76 years
with ≥10 non-
topical
prescriptions … Using Deprescribing Practices and the
Screening Tool of Older Persons' Potentially
Inappropriate Prescriptions … Reducing
Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions for
Older Patients Using Computerized Decision
Support … Persistence of Effect of Medication Review on
Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in Older Patients
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/topic-brief1-care-coordination.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Among
opioid-naïve patients admitted to the hospital, 15 to 25 percent fill an opioid prescription in … (multiple prescribers, overlapping opioid and/or benzodiazepine prescriptions, new long
acting opioid … prescriptions, or new dose escalations to >100 mg morphine equivalents).13
The study excluded people … multiple prescribers (adjusted OR 2.23,
95% CI 1.75 to 2.83), and receipt of a new long-acting opioid prescription … that
involves shifting “waves” of overdose deaths associated with heroin, synthetic opioids, and
prescription
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/topic-brief1-care-coordination.pdf
April 01, 2021 - Among
opioid-naïve patients admitted to the hospital, 15 to 25 percent fill an opioid prescription in … (multiple prescribers, overlapping opioid and/or benzodiazepine prescriptions, new long
acting opioid … prescriptions, or new dose escalations to >100 mg morphine equivalents).13
The study excluded people … multiple prescribers (adjusted OR 2.23,
95% CI 1.75 to 2.83), and receipt of a new long-acting opioid prescription … that
involves shifting “waves” of overdose deaths associated with heroin, synthetic opioids, and
prescription