"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 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Utilization" by people in Profiles.
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Acetaminophen in Pregnancy: A Population-Level Drug-Utilization Study of Prescription-Based Acetaminophen Use Among Pregnant Women in Denmark From 2001 to 2023. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol. 2025 Jun; 136(6):e70048.
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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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Managing adult patients with infectious diseases in emergency departments: international ID-IRI study. J Chemother. 2021 Sep; 33(5):302-318.
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Assessment of the Appropriateness of Antimicrobial Use in US Hospitals. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 03 01; 4(3):e212007.
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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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Association Between Dual Trajectories of Opioid and Gabapentinoid Use and Healthcare Expenditures Among US Medicare Beneficiaries. Value Health. 2021 02; 24(2):196-205.
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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).