Advance Data Number 290. Medication Therapy in Ambulatory Medical Care. NationalAmbulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1992

摘要

This report describes medications provided or prescribed during ambulatorymedical care visits in 1992. Total ambulatory care medication therapy combines data from office-based physicians, hospital outpatient departments (OPD's), and hospital emergency departments (ED's). Drug therapy is described along three dimensions: number of drugs provided or prescribed (drug mention), whether a visit had any drugs mentioned (drug visit), and average number of drugs mentioned per 100 visits (drug mention rate). Utilization in ambulatory care settings is compared in terms of patient, drug, provider, and visit characteristics.