They included index drug, DDI status, demographic characteristics, baseline medical conditions, and pre-index medication utilization.
We believe this paper provides insight and solutions for quality improvement initiatives within a struggling medical institution and that further control the institution's medication utilization and pharmaceutical budget.
Medication utilization related to osteoporosis was collected from the patients' medical record and included the following type of therapies to treat osteoporosis: calcium supplement, calcium + vitamin D, bisphosphonates, selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERM) or other drugs.
Percentages were calculated for presenting symptoms, acute and chronic diagnoses, and medication utilization.
Additionally, 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a binomial approximation of a normal distribution for acute and chronic diagnoses and medication utilization.
These findings about medication utilization changes in response to negative information are highly relevant for policy design and for determining thresholds for regulatory interventions.
To determine rates of glaucoma medication utilization among glaucoma suspects in the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) and identify recent utilization patterns for various hypotensive drug classes.
Antidepressant use was ascertained though an open question in which the participants reported their medication utilization.
When medication utilization data were pooled, substantial between-study heterogeneity was observed (I = 97%).
Among patients with dementia, assistance with medication adherence by a caregiver is recommended; therefore, using the caregiver report of medication utilization is a more appropriate resource for medication utilization than self-report.
More specifically, occurrences of selected medication utilization during the study period were used to calculate the chronic disease score.
