"Medicare Part D" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A stand-alone drug plan offered by insurers and other private companies to beneficiaries that receive their Medicare Part A and/or B benefits through the Original Medicare Plan. It includes Medicare Private Fee-for-Service Plans that do not offer prescription drug coverage and Medicare Cost Plans offering Medicare prescription drug coverage. The plan was enacted as the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 with coverage beginning January 1, 2006.
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D054524
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.576.343.575.500 N03.219.521.576.343.840.938 N03.706.615.752
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare Part D" by people in Profiles.
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Esechie A, Kuo YF, Goodwin JS, Westra J, Raji MA. Trends in prescribing pattern of opioid and benzodiazepine substitutes among Medicare part D beneficiaries from 2013 to 2018: a retrospective study. BMJ Open. 2021 11 18; 11(11):e053487.
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Goodwin JS, Kuo YF, Brown D, Juurlink D, Raji M. Association of Chronic Opioid Use With Presidential Voting Patterns in US Counties in 2016. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 06 01; 1(2):e180450.
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Kuo YF, Raji MA, Liaw V, Baillargeon J, Goodwin JS. Opioid Prescriptions in Older Medicare Beneficiaries After the 2014 Federal Rescheduling of Hydrocodone Products. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 05; 66(5):945-953.
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Kuo YF, Raji MA, Chen NW, Hasan H, Goodwin JS. Trends in Opioid Prescriptions Among Part D Medicare Recipients From 2007 to 2012. Am J Med. 2016 Feb; 129(2):221.e21-30.
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Holmes HM, Luo R, Kuo YF, Baillargeon J, Goodwin JS. Association of potentially inappropriate medication use with patient and prescriber characteristics in Medicare Part D. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013 Jul; 22(7):728-34.
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Raji MA, Lowery M, Lin YL, Kuo YF, Baillargeon J, Goodwin JS. National utilization patterns of warfarin use in older patients with atrial fibrillation: a population-based study of Medicare Part D beneficiaries. Ann Pharmacother. 2013 Jan; 47(1):35-42.
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Holmes HM, Luo R, Hanlon JT, Elting LS, Suarez-Almazor M, Goodwin JS. Ethnic disparities in adherence to antihypertensive medications of medicare part D beneficiaries. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Jul; 60(7):1298-303.
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Morgan RO, Petersen LA, Hasche JC, Davila JA, Byrne MM, Osemene NI, Wei II, Johnson ML. VHA pharmacy use in veterans with Medicare drug coverage. Am J Manag Care. 2009 Mar 16; 15(3):e1-8.
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Flaer PJ, Younis MZ. Medicare Part D: access, efficiency, and costs. Public Health Rep. 2008 Mar-Apr; 123(2):110.
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Flaer PJ, Younis MZ, Hussain AA, Malow RM. Medicare Part D in 2008: rising prices and growing confusion. J Health Care Finance. 2008; 34(4):89-92.