The phrase "a decrease in prescription" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a reduction in the number of prescriptions written or filled, often in a medical or pharmaceutical context.
Example: "The recent study showed a significant decrease in prescription rates for opioid medications over the past year."
Alternatives: "a reduction in prescriptions" or "a decline in prescription numbers."
7 The main effects of this study of a prescription peer academic detailing intervention (Rx-PAD) were a decrease in overall prescription rates for antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections and, in particular, an increased use of the narrow spectrum agent penicillin V when an antibiotic was issued.
The introduction of benzodiazepines led to a decrease in the prescription of barbiturates, and by the 1970s they had largely replaced the older drugs for sedative and hypnotic uses.
In the second year, they found a decrease in the prescription rate, which translated into a decrease in unnecessary use.
In our previous derivation study [ 7], we demonstrated that use of the simple diagnostic aid would have led to a decrease in antibiotic prescriptions of approximately ten percent even in a population of patients with a low risk of pneumonia.
Nevertheless, judicious use of antimicrobial drugs and a decrease in unnecessary prescriptions, as promoted by the Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work (www.cdc.gov/getsmart) campaign, are essential to limiting selection and spread of antimicrobial drug resistance.
An appropriate use of pathology-specific laboratory profiles resulted in a decrease in total prescriptions and a more accurate reporting of the requests, suggesting a more appropriate use of tests and a better allocation of resources, with an improvement in the cost-benefit ratio.
The article acknowledges that there was "only a small decrease" in prescription rates in this country but speculates that some of the most vulnerable youths may have been left untreated.
We observed a steady decrease in prescription rates in Germany during 2005-2008.
In that study, an 11% decrease in prescription rates (which was greatest among prescriptions for children 1 to 5 years of age) could be attributed to an intervention (44 ).
There has even been a decrease in number of prescriptions FRIDs the last years due to government efforts to reduce inappropriate drug prescriptions in elderly patients.
