"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".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Drug Utilization".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Utilization" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drug Utilization" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Utilization" by people in Profiles.
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Underutilization of Influenza Antiviral Treatment Among Children and Adolescents at Higher Risk for Influenza-Associated Complications - United States, 2023-2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2024 Nov 14; 73(45):1022-1029.
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Antibiotic Utilization and Efficacy Associated With Treating Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections in Texas Medicaid Patients in the First Year of Life. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2021 11 01; 40(11):993-996.
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Impact of ketamine as an adjunct sedative in acute respiratory distress syndrome due to COVID-19 Pneumonia. Respir Med. 2021 Nov-Dec; 189:106667.
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Impact of Opioid Restrictions During a Critical Drug Shortage Period: Interrupted Time Series for Institutional Opioid Utilization. Pain Med. 2021 02 04; 22(1):203-211.
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Trends and patterns in the use of opioids among metastatic breast cancer patients. Sci Rep. 2020 12 10; 10(1):21698.
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Invasive Bacterial Infections in Afebrile Infants Diagnosed With Acute Otitis Media. Pediatrics. 2021 01; 147(1).
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Antibiotic utilization within 18 community hospitals in the United States: A 5-year analysis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2021 04; 30(4):403-408.
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Statin Prescription Rates, Adherence, and Associated Clinical Outcomes Among Women with PAD and ICVD. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2020 12; 34(6):745-754.
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Neonatal mortality rates and association with antenatal corticosteroids at Kamuzu Central Hospital. Early Hum Dev. 2020 12; 151:105158.
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Utilization of COVID-19 Treatments and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with Cancer: A COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19) Cohort Study. Cancer Discov. 2020 10; 10(10):1514-1527.