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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medication Use by Medicare Beneficiaries Living in Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities Becky Briesacher, Bruce Stuart and Jalpa Doshi University of Maryland, Peter Lamy Center June 5, 2002 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2002/meduse.pdf (26 PDF pages)

This report compares the medication use of Medicare beneficiaries living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Descriptions of Medicare use include mean number of drug mentions per month of stay (scheduled and PRN drugs), and prevalence and duration of therapy by major drug classes. Characteristics of institutionalized beneficiaries inc

Susan C. Miller, Pedro Gozalo and Vincent Mor Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University