Topic: Prescribed Medicine

Clinicians & Providers

• Adverse Selection and the Effect of Health Insurance on Utilization of Prescribed Medicine among Patients with Chronic Conditions

Other Research & Data

• Adverse Selection and the Effect of Health Insurance on Utilization of Prescribed Medicine among Patients with Chronic Conditions
• Alabama Medicaid Agency
• Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
• Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
• Connecticut Department of Social Services
• Georgia Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process
• Georgia QIO Uses AHRQ DVD and Brochure to Educate Medicare Patients About Safe Use of Blood Thinners
• Maryland Hospitals Revise Medication Reconciliation Process as a Result of Participating in an AHRQ Project
• Massachusetts Hospital Improves Medication Reconciliation With AHRQ Toolkit
• Massachusetts Medicaid Office of Clinical Affairs
• Medication Reconciliation-Indiana
• Medication Reconciliation-Kentucky
• Medication Reconciliation-Missouri, Part 1
• Medication Reconciliation-Missouri, Part 2
• Medication Reconciliation-Nebraska
• Medication Reconciliation-New Jersey, Part 1
• Medication Reconciliation-New Jersey, Part 2
• Medication Reconciliation-New Jersey, Part 3
• Medication Reconciliation-New York
• Medication Reconciliation-Texas
• Michigan Providers Improve Medication Reconciliation Process
• Missouri Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process
• Oregon Department of Human Services
• Primary Health Care Centers Use AHRQ Materials to Help Patients Use Blood Thinners Safely
• Two Indiana Facilities Revise Their Medication Reconciliation Process as a Result of Participating in an AHRQ Project
• VCU Health Systems Clinic Uses AHRQ DVD and Brochures to Educate Patients About Safe Use of Blood Thinners

Other News & Events

• A small number of drugs are used most commonly during pediatric hospitalizations
• Antipsychotic choices in nursing homes partly influenced by nursing home’s prescribing culture
• Doctor's comments during a child's physical exam can affect whether parents push for antibiotics
• Drug discontinuation effects are not limited to psychoactive drugs, but may be important for cardiovascular drugs as well
• Patients with chronic diseases who pay coinsurance less likely to refill their medication than those with fixed copayments
• Physicians optimistic about potential for electronic prescribing but barriers to adoption still exist
• Some patients are more satisfied when they are given usually unnecessary antibiotics for upper respiratory infections