Drug Prescriptions
"Drug Prescriptions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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| Descriptor ID |
D011307
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.307 N02.421.668.778.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Prescribing- Drug Prescribing
- Drug Prescribings
- Prescribing, Drug
- Prescribings, Drug
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Prescriptions" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drug Prescriptions" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2004 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2005 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2006 | 5 | 8 | 13 | | 2007 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2011 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2012 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2013 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2015 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2016 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2017 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2018 | 9 | 6 | 15 | | 2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 2020 | 15 | 9 | 24 | | 2021 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2022 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2025 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2026 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Prescriptions" by people in Profiles.
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Ganguli I, Daley NE, Soto MJ, Sloan CE, Goss FR, Sinaiko AD. Prescription Real-Time Benefit Tools: Clinicians Receive Frequent Alerts Yet Rarely Accept The Suggested Changes. Health Aff (Millwood). 2026 Feb; 45(2):146-153.
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ElHassan NO, Hayes CJ, Mahashabde RV, Han X, Akmyradov C, Li C, Hudson T, Mcgehee R, Mourani PM, Martin BC. Novel approaches in linkage of data sources to explore the associations between purchase of opioid prescriptions during pregnancy and adverse neonatal outcomes. PLoS One. 2026; 21(1):e0340816.
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Heo RJ, Negida A, Barrett MJ, Chrenka EA, Bayram E, Kane JPM, Werner AM, Rossom RC, Wyman-Chick KA. Cholinesterase inhibitors for patients with dementia: Patterns of prescribing and disparities in treatment. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Feb; 109(4):1917-1924.
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Kahan AM, Eldredge RS, Nicassio L, Chao SD, Schwab ME, Diaz-Miron J, Ibarra Meraz A, Pandya SR, Ryan ML, Gillory LA, Lee JH, Ignacio RC, Keller BA, Scaife JH, Clinker CE, Sun RC, Byrd E, Rothstein DH, Barq RM, Kelley-Quon LI, Kim S, Ostlie DJ, Russell KW, Padilla BE. Opioid prescriptions practices following the minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum: A Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium study. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Mar; 61(3):162878.
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Saunders M, Davis RT, Novotny NM, Stallion A, Akay B, Brahmamdam P. Trends in pediatric opioid prescribing following implementation of statewide opioid stewardship policies in Michigan. J Pediatr Surg. 2026 Feb; 61(2):162821.
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Adams K, Garg S, Tartof SY, Irving SA, DeSilva MB, Klein NP, Natarajan K, Dascomb K, Grannis SJ, Ong TC, Salas SB, Sy LS, Lewin B, Qian L, Naleway AL, Koppolu PD, McEvoy CE, Akinsete O, Essien I, Fireman B, Zerbo O, Jacobson KB, Timbol J, Neelam V, Reeves EL, Dickerson M, Ray C, Link-Gelles R, Mak J, Ball SW, O'Reilly M, Olsen SJ, Tenforde MW. Patterns in Prescribing and Dispensing Influenza Antivirals Among Adults With Influenza Presenting to Urgent Care and Emergency Department Settings: VISION Network, 2023-2024. Clin Infect Dis. 2025 Nov 06; 81(4):e172-e183.
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Lebin JA, Hensen C, Lun Z, Kwan BM, Goldberg EM, Burnham EL, Hoppe JA. Predictors of naltrexone prescribing for alcohol use disorder from the emergency department. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2025 Oct; 49(10):2310-2318.
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Lebin JA, Mitchell K, Trinkley KE, Calcaterra SL, Lun Z, Hensen C, Hoppe JA. Clinical Decision Support to Increase Naloxone Co-prescribing from the Inpatient Setting. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 01; 41(1):18-25.
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Swafford EP, Anantha S, Davis J, Heath R, Draper A, Tevis S, Goel N, Kesmodel SB, Rojas KE. Lumpectomy Patients are at Highest Risk for Opioid Overprescription: A Comparison Between Practice Patterns and OPEN National Guidelines. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Apr; 32(4):2585-2593.
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Meier KM, Ha D, Sevick C, Blanchette ED, Brockel MA, Vemulakonda VM, Rove KO. Opioid prescribing patterns and the effect of chronic kidney disease in pediatric urology population: A retrospective cohort analysis. J Pediatr Urol. 2025 04; 21(2):460-469.
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