 Drug Utilization
"Drug Utilization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The utilization of drugs as reported in individual hospital studies, FDA studies, marketing, or consumption, etc. This includes drug stockpiling, and patient drug profiles.
| Descriptor ID |
D004363
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.452.706.477
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Utilization- Drug Utilization
- Utilization, Drug
- Drug Utilizations
- Utilizations, Drug
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Drug Utilization".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Utilization" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Drug Utilization" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Utilization" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Paul R, Vyas D, Quinones Cardona V, Gilfillan M, Young M, Pough K, Carey AJ. Reduction of Overall Antibiotic Utilization Rate in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Pediatrics. 2025 Mar 01; 155(3).
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Curtis HJ, MacKenna B, Walker AJ, Croker R, Mehrkar A, Morton C, Bacon S, Hickman G, Inglesby P, Bates C, Evans D, Ward T, Cockburn J, Davy S, Bhaskaran K, Schultze A, Rentsch CT, Williamson E, Hulme W, Tomlinson L, Mathur R, Drysdale H, Eggo RM, Wong AY, Forbes H, Parry J, Hester F, Harper S, Douglas I, Smeeth L, Goldacre B. OpenSAFELY: impact of national guidance on switching anticoagulant therapy during COVID-19 pandemic. Open Heart. 2021 11; 8(2).
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Jain N, Hunt SL, Cui H, Phadnis MA, Mahnken JD, Shireman TI, Dai J, Mehta JL, Rasu RS. Trends for and Clinical Factors Associated with Choice of Oral P2Y12 Inhibitors for Patients on Chronic Dialysis. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2019 10; 33(5):511-521.
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Bariola JR, Khadem T, Nguyen MH. Uptake and initial use of novel antimicrobial agents at community hospitals in western Pennsylvania. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 11; 40(11):1320-1322.
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King J, McAdam-Marx C, McCaleb R, Davis D, Bemberg GB, Johnson JT. Cost and Utilization Outcomes After Exclusion of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors and Other Diabetes Drug Category Changes in a Self-Funded, State Employee Managed Care Plan. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2019 Jun; 25(6):646-651.
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Rames RD, Haynes J, Hellman M, Barrack T, Barrack R. Impact of Tourniquet Strategy on Perioperative Results of Modern TKA. J Knee Surg. 2020 Oct; 33(10):987-991.
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Kattoor AJ, Pothineni NV, Goel A, Syed M, Syed S, Paydak H, Mehta JL. Prescription Patterns and Outcomes of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Treated With Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin: A Real-World Analysis. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2019 09; 24(5):428-434.
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Feinstein JA, Hall M, Antoon JW, Thomson J, Flores JC, Goodman DM, Cohen E, Azuine R, Agrawal R, Houtrow AJ, DeCourcey DD, Kuo DZ, Coller R, Gaur DS, Berry JG. Chronic Medication Use in Children Insured by Medicaid: A Multistate Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatrics. 2019 04; 143(4).
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DeHart AN, Potter J, Anderson J, Russo-Menna I, Lee JH, Chapman DA, Dodson KM. Perioperative interdisciplinary approach for reduction of opioid use in pediatric tonsillectomy: Protocol using dexmedetomidine and bupivicaine as adjunct agents. Am J Otolaryngol. 2019 May - Jun; 40(3):382-388.
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Agiro A, Gautam S, Wall E, Hackell J, Helm M, Barron J, Zaoutis T, Fleming-Dutra KE, Hicks LA, Rosenberg A. Variation in Outpatient Antibiotic Dispensing for Respiratory Infections in Children by Clinician Specialty and Treatment Setting. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 12; 37(12):1248-1254.
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Vouri SM, Schootman M, Strope SA, Birge SJ, Olsen MA. Differential Prescribing of Antimuscarinic Agents in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment. Drugs Aging. 2018 04; 35(4):321-331.
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Hudson TJ, Painter JT, Martin BC, Austen MA, Williams JS, Fortney JC, Sullivan MD, Edlund MJ. Pharmacoepidemiologic analyses of opioid use among OEF/OIF/OND veterans. Pain. 2017 06; 158(6):1039-1045.
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Brito JP, Schilz S, Singh Ospina N, Rodriguez-Gutierrez R, Maraka S, Sangaralingham LR, Montori VM. Antithyroid Drugs-The Most Common Treatment for Graves' Disease in the United States: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Thyroid. 2016 08; 26(8):1144-5.
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Thomas Z, Bandali F, Sankaranarayanan J, Reardon T, Olsen KM. A Multicenter Evaluation of Prolonged Empiric Antibiotic Therapy in Adult ICUs in the United States. Crit Care Med. 2015 Dec; 43(12):2527-34.
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