"Prescription Drugs" 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.
Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.
| Descriptor ID |
D055553
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.670
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prescription Drugs".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Prescription Drugs".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prescription Drugs" by people in Profiles.
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Incentivizing Prescription Drug Switching to Reduce Patient and Health Plan Spending: A Microsimulation Model. Value Health. 2022 03; 25(3):427-434.
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Caring for Critically Ill Adults With Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a PICU: Recommendations by Dual Trained Intensivists. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 07; 21(7):607-619.
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Interventions to Prevent Illicit and Nonmedical Drug Use in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. JAMA. 2020 05 26; 323(20):2067-2079.
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Chronic pain diagnoses and opioid dispensings among insured individuals with serious mental illness. BMC Psychiatry. 2020 01 31; 20(1):40.
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Should national pharmacare apply a value-based insurance design? CMAJ. 2019 07 22; 191(29):E811-E815.
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Using Medicine to Manage a Chronic Disease. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 07; 27(7):1048-1049.
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Paying for Cures: How Can We Afford It? Managed Care Pharmacy Stakeholder Perceptions of Policy Options to Address Affordability of Prescription Drugs. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2017 Oct; 23(10):1084-1090.
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Adherence to Newly Prescribed Diabetes Medications Among Insured Latino and White Patients With Diabetes. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 03 01; 177(3):371-379.
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Do cancer survivors change their prescription drug use for financial reasons? Findings from a nationally representative sample in the United States. Cancer. 2017 04 15; 123(8):1453-1463.
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Impact of a Value-based Formulary on Medication Utilization, Health Services Utilization, and Expenditures. Med Care. 2017 Feb; 55(2):191-198.