Oseltamivir Prescribing in Pharmacy-Benefits Database, United States, 2004–2005

We reviewed information from a US pharmacy benefits manager database from 2004 through 2005 during periods with little influenza activity. We calculated rates of oseltamivir prescriptions to enrollees. Prescription rates increased significantly from 27.3/100,000 in 2004 to 134/100,000 in 2005 (p<...

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Autores principales: Ortiz, Justin R., Kamimoto, Laurie, Aubert, Ronald E., Yao, Jianying, Shay, David K., Bresee, Joseph S., Epstein, Robert S.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18680656
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080074
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author Ortiz, Justin R.
Kamimoto, Laurie
Aubert, Ronald E.
Yao, Jianying
Shay, David K.
Bresee, Joseph S.
Epstein, Robert S.
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description We reviewed information from a US pharmacy benefits manager database from 2004 through 2005 during periods with little influenza activity. We calculated rates of oseltamivir prescriptions to enrollees. Prescription rates increased significantly from 27.3/100,000 in 2004 to 134/100,000 in 2005 (p<0.05), which suggested that personal stockpiling of oseltamivir occurred.
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spelling pubmed-26004082009-01-13 Oseltamivir Prescribing in Pharmacy-Benefits Database, United States, 2004–2005 Ortiz, Justin R. Kamimoto, Laurie Aubert, Ronald E. Yao, Jianying Shay, David K. Bresee, Joseph S. Epstein, Robert S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We reviewed information from a US pharmacy benefits manager database from 2004 through 2005 during periods with little influenza activity. We calculated rates of oseltamivir prescriptions to enrollees. Prescription rates increased significantly from 27.3/100,000 in 2004 to 134/100,000 in 2005 (p<0.05), which suggested that personal stockpiling of oseltamivir occurred. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-08 /pmc/articles/PMC2600408/ /pubmed/18680656 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080074 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Ortiz, Justin R.
Kamimoto, Laurie
Aubert, Ronald E.
Yao, Jianying
Shay, David K.
Bresee, Joseph S.
Epstein, Robert S.
Oseltamivir Prescribing in Pharmacy-Benefits Database, United States, 2004–2005
title Oseltamivir Prescribing in Pharmacy-Benefits Database, United States, 2004–2005
title_full Oseltamivir Prescribing in Pharmacy-Benefits Database, United States, 2004–2005
title_fullStr Oseltamivir Prescribing in Pharmacy-Benefits Database, United States, 2004–2005
title_full_unstemmed Oseltamivir Prescribing in Pharmacy-Benefits Database, United States, 2004–2005
title_short Oseltamivir Prescribing in Pharmacy-Benefits Database, United States, 2004–2005
title_sort oseltamivir prescribing in pharmacy-benefits database, united states, 2004–2005
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2600408/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18680656
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1408.080074
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