Prescription Drugs
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The concentration and persistence of health care expenditures and prescription drug expenditures in Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer disease and related dementias.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) have become a major concern for Medicare because of the increasing prevalence rate and the associated high cost of care. OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the extent of concentration and ... Read more...

Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids among Medicaid enrollees - Washington, 2004-2007.

28 Oct 2009 During 1999-2006, the number of poisoning deaths in the United States nearly doubled, from approximately 20,000 to 37,000, largely because of overdose deaths involving prescription opioid painkillers. This increase coincided with a nearly fourfold ... Read more...

Validity and representativeness of the "Disease Analyzer" patient database for use in pharmacoepidemiological and pharmacoeconomic studies.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVES: Patient and health care databases are available in many countries. These are often based on routinely collected diagnosis and prescription data. Various research questions, such as those related to pharmacoepidemiological health services ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Prescription Drugs'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The concentration and persistence of health care expenditures and prescription drug expenditures in Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer disease and related dementias. 30 Oct 2009
• Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids among Medicaid enrollees - Washington, 2004-2007. 28 Oct 2009
• Validity and representativeness of the "Disease Analyzer" patient database for use in pharmacoepidemiological and pharmacoeconomic studies. 29 Sep 2009
• Pharmacists' role in facilitating evidence-based prescribing for unlabeled use of medications. 29 Sep 2009
• Fiscally challenged drug-donation program helps needy Wyoming residents. 29 Sep 2009
• StatBite: cancer pain. 29 Sep 2009
• African Americans in commercial HMOs more likely to delay prescription drugs and use the emergency room. 29 Sep 2009
• Ontario takes aim at painkiller abuse. 19 Sep 2009
• Effect of a pharmacist-run call center on medication access for ambulatory care patients. 13 Sep 2009
• Purposeful learning with drug repurposing. 9 Sep 2009
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• Trends in health care expenditures, utilization, and health status among US adults with spine problems, 1997-2006. 30 Aug 2009
• Integrating nine prescription opioid analgesics and/or four signal detection systems to summarize statewide prescription drug abuse in the United States in 2007. 30 Aug 2009
• Quality circles to improve prescribing of primary care physicians. Three comparative studies. 30 Aug 2009
• Prescription opioids and physician responsibility. 30 Aug 2009
• Availability of antibiotics for purchase without a prescription on the internet. 30 Aug 2009
• European Medicines Evaluation Agency bans dextropropoxyphene: a landmark decision for clinical toxicology? 30 Aug 2009
• The FDA Acetaminophen Advisory Committee Meeting - what is the future of acetaminophen in the United States? The perspective of a committee member. 30 Aug 2009
• New prescription drug labeling regulations and the demise of "the letter". 30 Aug 2009
• The effect of universal influenza immunization on antibiotic prescriptions: an ecological study. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Prescription Drugs'

Definition: Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D055553

Alternative terms: Prescription Drugs;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; chemistry; contraindications;

Tree Number: D26.670;

History Note: 2009

Technical Notes: note category: do not confuse with DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS are the written directions for obtaining drugs; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS are the drugs that are prescribed