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QUALITY: SAFE CARE Prescription of Potentially Unsafe Medications Among Elderly Beneficiaries, by Hospital Referral Regions, 2007 Percent of elderly Medicare.

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1 QUALITY: SAFE CARE Prescription of Potentially Unsafe Medications Among Elderly Beneficiaries, by Hospital Referral Regions, 2007 Percent of elderly Medicare beneficiaries Use of high-risk medication* Potentially harmful drug–disease interactions** REPORT EXHIBIT * Medicare beneficiary received at least one drug from a list of 13 classes of high-risk prescriptions that should be avoided by the elderly. ** Medicare beneficiaries with dementia, hip or pelvic fracture, or chronic renal failure, and received a prescription in an ambulatory care setting that is contraindicated for the condition. Data: Y. Zhang analysis of 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in stand-alone Medicare Part D plans (Zhang et al., 2010). Source: Commonwealth Fund National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011.

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