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21. Opioids AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2018 - The misuse of opioids, such as prescription pain medications and heroin, has become widespread across … showed that 13.0 percent of non-elderly adults, on average, filled at least 1 outpatient opioid prescription … ; 3.1 percent of non-elderly adults had 4 or more prescription fills during the year; and non-elderly … MEPS Statistical Brief “Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription … 2014,” published in January 2017, showed that opioid-related hospital stays involving misuse of prescription

22. Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2008 - Side Effects Dosage Duration Availability Nicotine Patch Local skin reaction 21 mg/24 hours 4 weeks Prescription … cigs/day-4 mg gum (up to 24 pcs/day) Nicotine Nasal Spray Nasal irritation 8-40 doses/day 3-6 months Prescription … only Nicotine Inhaler Local irritation of 6-16 cartridges/day Up to 6 months Prescription only mouth … mg (up to 20 pcs/day) Bupropion SR History of seizure Insomnia 150 mg every morning for 7-12 weeks Prescription … 6 months Varenicline Monitor for changes in mood, Nausea 0.5 mg once daily for days 5-7 3 months, Prescription

23. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Newsletter AHRQ News Now Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription … Now Events Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription … Today's Headlines: Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access … Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access An AHRQ-funded study … August 2023 Internet Citation: Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription

24. Register Now: July 25 Webinar by National Action Alliance Will Address Involving Patients and Families in Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Survey Finds That Many Patients Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription . … Survey Finds That Many Patients Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription More than two-fifths of 564 … patients responding to a survey said they had taken antibiotics without a prescription, according to … (19.1 percent), or purchasing them abroad without a prescription (17.9 percent). … uninsured patients who report financial barriers to care are likely to acquire antibiotics without prescriptions

25. Medication Management: Sample Process for Medication Management Strategy (pdf file)
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    January 12, 2017 - Using the Medication List form, go through the prescription medications one by one: a. … Check whether the prescription indicates that no refills remain, and note on the Medication List form … Make the clinician aware of any prescription that is not being taken as prescribed and the reason, if … For medications that are expired or prescriptions that have no refills remaining, consider whether a … new prescription is needed. 3.

26. How To Create a My Medicines List | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Return to Contents Step 3: Gather and Sort Your Medicines Gather up all your prescription and non-prescription … Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or cough medicines, aspirin … relievers, allergy relief medicines, antacids, laxatives, diet pills, and others that you do not need a prescription … Look at My Medicines List every time you take prescription or non-prescription medicine.

27. Medicare Version of the Health Plan Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - The Medicare Survey includes versions for Medicare Advantage plans (including PPOs), Prescription Drug … Getting Needed Prescription Drugs. Care Coordination. … Learn about the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan CAHPS Survey .

28. More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2019 - Health literacy: a prescription to end confusion. … Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2004. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to … www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to-end-confusion … https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to-end-confusion

29. CAHPS American Indian Survey (doc file)
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    March 04, 2009 - 1|_| Never 2|_| Sometimes 3|_| Usually 4|_| Always Communication About Prescription Medications 40. … In the last 12 months, did you get any prescriptions for medicines that you had not taken before? … 1|_| Never 2|_| Sometimes 3|_| Usually 4|_| Always Prescriptions 53. … In the last 12 months, did you need any new prescription medicine or need to refill a prescription? … In the last 12 months, how often did you get the prescription medicine you needed through your [NAME

30. AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Only 12% of adults have proficient health literacy (e.g., can interpret the prescription label correctly … likely higher with patients with limited health literacy, as they are more likely to misinterpret the prescription … Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions .

31. SOPS Community Pharmacy Database | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Appendixes A and B present overall results by community pharmacy characteristics (average number of prescriptions

32. AHRQ News Now | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 05, 2022 - Date Sort ascending Top Story April 5, 2022 Dental Opioid Prescriptions … Physicians Report Lasting Trauma From COVID-19 Experiences November 30, 2021 Out-of-Pocket Prescription … AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW Initiative Improved Smoking and Blood Pressure Outcomes May 18, 2021 Prescription

33. AHRQ Health Literacy Tools for Use in Pharmacies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2024 - Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions . … Top of Page Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions Explicit, standardized instructions … Get started: Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions .

34. AHRQ Stats | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - Antidepressant Prescriptions in Low-Income Households The average total expenditure for an antidepressant … Antidepressant Prescriptions for Seniors The number of people age 65 or older who purchased at least … Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Purchasing One or More Antidepressant or Antipsychotic Prescriptions … Brand-Name and Generic Drugs From 2011 to 2016, the share of filled prescriptions that were nonspecialty … Average Per-Pill Prices for Prescription In 2016, average prescription prices ranged from $1.00 per

35. Meeting Minutes, April 2019 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2019 - For example, in 2015-2016, about 10 million elderly adults filled at least 1 opioid prescription and … about 4 million elderly adults filled 4 or more opioid prescriptions. … AHRQ-funded study, reported in The BMJ, stated that nearly a quarter of the 15.5 million antibiotic prescriptions … conditions account for 64 percent of clinician visits, 70 percent of in-patient stays, 83 percent of prescriptions

36. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.0/3.1: Access to Mental Health Care Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2021 - In the last 6 months, how difficult was it for you to get your prescriptions for these mental health

37. Strategy 2: Communicating to Improve Quality (Tool 3) (doc file)
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    February 10, 2011 - They talk to you about your health history and symptoms, order lab tests, help with surgery, and write prescriptions

38. Please bring ALL your medicines to your next appointment. (pdf file)
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    November 27, 2017 - � Prescription medicines. … � Medicines you buy without a prescription (like Tylenol® or cold medicine).

39. Participating in the SOPS Community Pharmacy Survey Database | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - NPI number and pharmacy characteristics, such as pharmacy type, number of locations, and number of prescriptions

40. AHRQ Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - The use of reliable structured data, such as medication prescriptions and laboratory test results that