To determine the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) treated medically or surgically, utilization rates for each major class of glaucoma medication, and factors influencing treatment.
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.
We found no consistent differences in rates of cardiovascular medication utilization or adherence among adults with cardiovascular disease or diabetes living in rural versus urban settings.
Some of the differences in medication costs across countries were due to the fact that US subjects had higher utilization rates of prescription FM medications compared with French and German subjects.
Total costs for attack-aborting medications were computed on the basis of the utilization rates reported for chronic cluster headache patients in the prior costing study [7] and 2014 medication costs [14], following the same approach as that taken in the original study.
They included index drug, DDI status, demographic characteristics, baseline medical conditions, and pre-index medication utilization.
In addition, we will assess tobacco dependence medication utilization by extracting pharmacy claims data from the MHCP claims administrative data and examine the prescription rates of individual medications, number of medications prescribed, and duration of medication use.
The utilization rates of IPTsp and ITN are still low while that of herbal medications is high with attendant increased risk of low birth weight and preterm births.
Mean, unadjusted annual utilization rates and expenditures for ambulatory care visits, inpatient admissions, emergency department visits, and prescription medications were estimated in univariate analyses.
But outside the U.S., utilization rates are much lower.
