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1. Medicare Prescription Drug Data Development: Methods for Improving Patient Safety and Pharmacovigilance Using Observational Data | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   January 01, 2005 - Reports SHARE: Medicare Prescription

2. Misuse of Prescription Stimulants in Adults (pdf file)
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   September 13, 2024 - of prescriptions for stimulants like products containing mixed amphetamine salts and methylphenidate … suppression.5 Misused stimulants are often acquired from friends or family members with legitimate prescriptions … .6 Sometimes individuals misuse their own prescriptions, obtained either by exaggerating symptoms or … Misuse of Prescription Drugs Research Report. 2023. … stimulant misuse[Title/Abstract]) OR ((prescription AND stimulant[title/abstract]) AND (("Prescription

3. Misuse of Prescription Stimulants in Adults (pdf file)
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   November 26, 2024 - of prescriptions for stimulants like products containing mixed amphetamine salts and methylphenidate … suppression.5 Misused stimulants are often acquired from friends or family members with legitimate prescriptions … .6 Sometimes individuals misuse their own prescriptions, obtained either by exaggerating symptoms or … Misuse of Prescription Drugs Research Report. 2023. … stimulant misuse[Title/Abstract]) OR ((prescription AND stimulant[title/abstract]) AND (("Prescription

4. S77 (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2007 - Prescription activity was expressed as the number of prescriptions filled through the VA pharmacy during … During the prior year, 657 (42%) of this modeled group filled no prescriptions at the VA. … Medicare Data Update: Prescription Drug Coverage Among Beneficiaries. June 2006. … Information for Veterans About the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefits. August 15, 2006. … The health effects of restricting prescription medication use because of cost.

5. Misuse of Prescription Stimulants in Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   February 01, 2025 - of prescriptions for stimulants like products containing mixed amphetamine salts and methylphenidate … suppression. 5 Misused stimulants are often acquired from friends or family members with legitimate prescriptions … . 6 Sometimes individuals misuse their own prescriptions, obtained either by exaggerating symptoms or … Prescription Stimulant Misuse Among Nursing Students: A Systematic Review. … stimulant misuse[Title/Abstract]) OR ((prescription AND stimulant[title/abstract]) AND (("Prescription

6. Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Opioids, Opioid Misuse, and Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   January 01, 2022 - or early postoperative opioid use, or greater amounts of prescribed opioids (high number of opioid prescriptions … three potential targets to determine factors associated with and interventions for: (1) reducing opioid prescriptions … All 9 studies that examined greater amounts of prescribed opioids (higher number of opioid prescriptions … Among studies that had the goal of reducing overall opioid prescriptions or use , none specifically … assessed "appropriate" reduction of opioid prescriptions or use (e.g., when the risks of opioid use outweigh

7. Hypertension-Drugs-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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   January 25, 2011 - Between 2007 and 2009, 87 to 88 percent of Medicare beneficiaries with hypertension used at least one prescription … Utilization files showed that 72 percent of Medicare beneficiaries filled at least one antihypertensive prescription … Hypertension Total drug cost and total out-of-pocket expense were calculated within the Medicare Part D Prescription … The PDE file contains summary records of drug dispensing information from prescription plan sponsors … of One or More Antihypertensive Drugs, by 2006-2009 HRR; Adjusted by Age Category, Gender, Number of Prescription

8. Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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   January 01, 2020 - Prescriptions for chronically administered medications in the UK are issued in one-month increments. … In order to obtain repeat prescriptions (i.e., prescription refills), patients must telephone or visit … the GP office, which then issues and records a repeat prescription. … of the number of days between subsequent prescriptions for commonly used antidepressants for the same … benzodiazepine prescription, and ever past antipsychotic prescription SD denotes standard deviation

9. Observed Association Between Antidepressant Use and Pneumonia Risk Was Confounded by Comorbidity Measures (pdf file)
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   May 01, 2008 - Prescriptions for chronically administered medications in the UK are issued in one-month increments. … In order to obtain repeat prescriptions (i.e., prescription refills), patients must telephone or visit … the GP office, which then issues and records a repeat prescription. … of the number of days between subsequent prescriptions for commonly used antidepressants for the same … benzodiazepine prescription, and ever past antipsychotic prescription SD denotes standard deviation

10. Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs to Healthcare Consumers (ppt file)
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    December 01, 2006 - Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs to Healthcare Consumers Communicating Harms … and Benefits of Prescription Drugs to Healthcare Consumers John M.

11. P A W S, Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See: Ear Infections: Are Antibiotics the Right Choice for You? (pdf file)
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    January 26, 2013 - P A W S, Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See: Ear Infections: Are Antibiotics the Right Choice … P A W S Prescription for Antibiotics or Wait and See Ear Infections Are Antibiotics the Right … Speak with your pharmacist about your medication choices and ask questions about your prescriptions … Or your provider may give you a prescription to fill and start today.

12. Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 17, 2014 - Drug Coverage Description Part D is the name of Medicare's prescription drug coverage. … It's insurance that helps people pay for prescription drugs. … It provides protection if you pay high drug costs or have unexpected prescription drug bills. … You have to pay part of the cost of prescription drugs. … Private companies provide Medicare prescription drug coverage.

13. S9 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - Because PDE data are highly sensitive, only summary data on the number of Part D prescriptions filled … Coverage for the prescription drug benefit is provided under various types of prescription drug plans … ) prescription drug plans (MA-PDPs), which offer prescription drug coverage that is integrated with the … available access to these beneficiary-specific data exists except for summary data on the number of Part D prescriptions … Estimated Prescriptions Filled for Medicare Beneficiaries With Drug Coverage Stand-Alone Prescription

14. Prescription Drug Abuse | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 27, 2017 - S T U V W X Y Z Health Topics Prescription … Description If you take a medicine in a way that is different from what the doctor prescribed, it is called prescription … Using the medicine for another purpose, such as getting high Abusing some prescription drugs can

15. Who Uses Exenatide For Glucose Control in Diabetes Mellitus? A Retrospective Cohort Study of a New Therapy | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - hospitalizations, outpatient visits, provider specialty, total health care charges, co-payments for prescriptions … Use of Exenatide We received data on 5,601 patients who filled prescriptions for exenatide. … Only 12% of the earliest users had not filled prescriptions for other hypoglycemic medication in the … The groups were similar in the mean number of monthly prescriptions filled and the out-of-pocket costs … Mean monthly copay for exenatide per person ($) 27 31 42 Mean monthly total number of prescriptions

16. S66 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - Patients who filled 1 or more prescriptions for these regimens were the subjects of this study. … Under TennCare mandate, prescriptions are generally filled for a time interval no longer than 30 days … Time to Stop Filling DMARD Prescriptions Patients stopped filling their prescriptions for more than … Prescription opioid use among older adults with arthritis or low back pain. … Trends in prescription drug expenditures by Medicaid enrollees.

17. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of New Therapies (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2010 - hospitalizations, outpatient visits, provider specialty, total health care charges, co-payments for prescriptions … Use of Exenatide We received data on 5,601 patients who filled prescriptions for exenatide. … Only 12% of the earliest users had not filled prescriptions for other hypoglycemic medication in the … The groups were similar in the mean number of monthly prescriptions filled and the out-of-pocket costs … of patients filling a thiazolidinedione 27.7 25.0 41.8 58.7 58.0 59.1 Mean monthly total number of prescriptions

18. Antibiotics-Respiratory-Infection Clinician (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2016 - Nevertheless, most outpatient antibiotic prescriptions in the United States are for acute RTIs. … procalcitonin, blood CRP); tympanometry to aid in diagnosing AOM; delayed antibiotic prescribing (e.g., giving prescriptions … to patients with instructions to delay filling, leaving prescriptions for patient collection, postdating … prescriptions, requesting recontact with clinician); clinical scoring tools based on combinations of

19. Effectiveness of Isosorbide Dinitrate and Hydralazine in Racial/Ethnic Subgroups With Heart Failure | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2020 - Electronic data on outpatient prescriptions, comorbidity, and other risk factors on 76,828 veterans with … We calculated the span of days for which the patient had prescriptions for both hydralazine and isosorbide … Exposure to H-ISDN Overall, 3,829 of 76,828 (5.0%) patients received concurrent prescriptions for hydralazine … Once H-ISDN was initiated, concomitant prescriptions for H-ISDN covered only 41% of the follow-up time … VIReC Research User Guide: VHA Pharmacy Prescription Data. 9-20-0003. Edward J. Hines, Jr.

20. Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs to Health Care Consumers | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 01, 2017 - Home Evidence Reports Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription … SHARE: Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription … Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs to Healthcare Consumers (PPT, 153 kb) What … Aisle (PPT, 1.0 MB) Project Timeline Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription … Internet Citation: White Paper: Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription