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61. Survey of Medicare Part D Plans’ Medication Therapy Management Programs (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2007 - i Effective Health Care Research Report Number 1 Abstract Purpose: The Medicare Prescription … The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR1. … Efficacy of a clinical medication review on the number of potentially inappropriate prescriptions prescribed … controlled trial of clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly patients receiving repeat prescriptions … Interventions to enhance patient adherence to medication prescriptions: scientific review.

62. Revised Protocol - Opioids 12 13 13[1] (pdf file)
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    December 19, 2013 - In addition, accumulating evidence indicates increasing rates of harms associated with prescription … In 2010, there were 16,651 fatal overdoses involving prescription opioids.13 Prescription opioid misuse … Prescription opioids for back pain and use of medications for erectile dysfunction. … Greater number of narcotic analgesic prescriptions for osteoarthritis is associated with falls and … Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: a cohort study.

63. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - opioid overdose fatalities among patients who received their prescriptions from a Wilkes County prescriber … have Evzio available by summer 2014 through major retail pharmacies and via mail order, with valid prescriptions … auto-injectors and one trainer device.36 The manufacturer has indicated plans for a discount program for Evzio prescriptions … Vital signs: overdoses of prescription opioid pain relievers---United States, 1999--2008. … Project Lazarus: an innovative community response to prescription drug overdose.

64. Data Points #8: Utilization of antihypertensive drug classes among Medicare beneficiaries with hypertension, 2007 to 2009 | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 16, 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

65. Diabetes-Drugs-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2011 - the safety of rosiglitazone.11 A recent study showed up to a 54 percent decrease in rosiglit- azone prescription … Among diabetic beneficiaries who received at least one prescription for an antidiabetic medication, … Among diabetic beneficiaries who received at least one prescription claim for an antidi- abetic medication … Beneficiaries with prescription claims for sulfonylureas also frequently had prescription claims for … Among diabetic beneficiaries who received at least one prescription for an antidiabetic medication,

66. Medication-Therapy-Management Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, … Adult patients with multiple chronic conditions who take many different prescription or nonprescription … It is designed to improve patients’ knowledge of their prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, … Question 2 In adults with one or more chronic diseases who are taking prescription medication, is … Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Public Law 108-173.

67. Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2009 - Drug use for indications not approved by the Food and Drug Administration exceeds 20% of outpatient prescriptions … Drug reporting reflects the physician’s best knowledge of new or continuing prescription or non-prescription … orders received by pharmacies, physical prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies, and mean cost per dispensed … This question is directly related to existing policy surrounding the writing of prescriptions. … d The Drug Cost Index value is the mean prescription cost of the drug divided by the maximum mean prescription

68. #05 DEPRESSION (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2015 - Oral and transdermal patch scopolamine, however, are available for purchase with a prescription. … Off-label prescriptions for depression pick up in small clinics, part 2. [internet]. … blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking- back/2013/09/12/is-ketamine-right-for-you-off- label-ketamine-prescriptions-for-depression … //blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/2013/09/12/is-ketamine-right-for-you-off-label-ketamine-prescriptions-for-depression-pick-up-in-small-clinics-part … //blogs.scientificamerican.com/talking-back/2013/09/12/is-ketamine-right-for-you-off-label-ketamine-prescriptions-for-depression-pick-up-in-small-clinics-part

69. Treatments for Acute Pain: A Systematic Review | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 02, 2020 - Non-prescription (OTC) oral analgesics for acute pain - an overview of Cochrane reviews. … Days' supply of initial opioid analgesic prescriptions and additional fills for acute pain conditions … Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective … Early opioid prescription and subsequent disability among workers with back injuries: the Disability … Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic review.

70. Ventricular Arrhythmias and Cerebrovascular Events in the Elderly Using Conventional and Atypical Antipsychotic Medications | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    March 18, 2009 - verification and weekly updates by the Social Security Administration. 20 We assembled data on all filled prescriptions … Study Population All individuals were >65 and filled a first recorded (index) prescription for an oral … To ensure a uniform 6-month eligibility period prior to filling the index APM prescription, all study … subjects were required to have utilized >1 medical service and >1 prescription, both within the 6 months … from conventional APMs. 38-40 Non-differential exposure misclassification (e.g., not consuming filled prescriptions

71. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
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    March 02, 2012 - study, and comparisons between interventions Outcomes • Health care process outcomes (including: prescriptions … Healthcare process outcomes are listed as: prescriptions for controller medicine, environmental control … self-management education and asthma action plans, documentation of level of asthma control/severity, prescription … providers Interventions Aimed at healthcare providers Healthcare Process Outcomes  Prescriptions … Outcomes Health care process outcomes  Prescriptions for controller medicine  Environmental control

72. S5 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - The advent of Medicare Part D for outpatient prescription drugs has drawn significant attention to the … Quality (AHRQ), trends in evidence-based practice and effective health care, together with Medicare Prescription … examining health insurance benefits, out-of-pocket outlays, and the con- tinuity of pharmaceutical prescription … central role in health care, and never more so than with the initiation of the Part D benefit for prescription … Studying prescription drug use and outcomes with Medicaid claims data: strengths, limitations, and strategies

73. Medication Therapy Management | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    July 24, 2013 - Document PDF 545.1 KB Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review The Medicare Prescription … Adult patients with multiple chronic conditions who take many different prescription or nonprescription … It is designed to improve patients’ knowledge of their prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, herbal … Question 2 In adults with one or more chronic diseases who are taking prescription medication, is MTM … Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Public Law 108-173.

74. PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2009 - clinical effectiveness, safety, and appropriateness of health care items and services, particularly prescription … verification and weekly updates by the Social Security Administration.20 We assembled data on all filled prescriptions … Study Population All individuals were >65 and filled a first recorded (index) prescription for an … To ensure a uniform 6-month eligibility period prior to filling the index APM prescription, all study … from conventional APMs.38-40 Non-differential exposure misclassification (e.g., not consuming filled prescriptions

75. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2020 - Finally, although only a few prescription drugs are approved by the U.S. … • Efficacy and harms of prescription drug treatment for CATD: – In adults with mild to moderate … – There was minimal evidence addressing whether efficacy of prescription drugs for CATD treatment … drugs (n=454), and five that compared prescription drugs with supplements (n=258). … Two trials compared different prescription drugs (n=414).

76. Treatments for Acute Pain: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    August 08, 2019 - Non-prescription (OTC) oral analgesics for acute pain - an overview of Cochrane reviews. … Days' supply of initial opioid analgesic prescriptions and additional fills for acute pain conditions … Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective … Early opioid prescription and subsequent disability among workers with back injuries: the Disability … Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic review.

77. Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    February 27, 2019 - the "biopsychosocial" framework or perspective). 3 Opioids and Chronic Pain In the United States, prescription … From 1999 to 2014, over 165,000 people died from overdose related to prescription opioids in the United … States, 8 with an estimated 17,087 prescription opioid overdose deaths in 2016. 7 In October 2017, … analgesic with weak opioid mu-agonist properties), and management of opioid use disorder related to prescription … Vital signs: overdoses of prescription opioid pain relievers---United States, 1999--2008. MMWR.

78. Use of Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients Receiving Coronary Stents | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 31, 2011 - Delays in filling clopidogrel prescription after hospital discharge and adverse outcomes after drug-eluting

79. Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Guidelines by Emergency Medical Services Personnel | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    November 30, 2016 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review Abuse and overdoses associated with prescription … In 2014, the number of drug overdose deaths involving prescription or illicit opioids exceeded 28,000 … 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.

80. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
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    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!