Pharmacy fill patterns in young urban children with persistent asthma.
BACKGROUND
Medication adherence impacts healthcare utilization. Pharmacy records are useful to establish fill patterns.


OBJECTIVE
Use pharmacy records to establish medication patterns fill patterns for comparison to healthcare utilization. Methods. Pharmacy records of 175 children with persistent asthma were collected and compared to healthcare utilization.


RESULTS
Majority of subjects had significant healthcare utilization, low numbers of rescue medications, and poor controller medication fill rates. Those with more rescue medications had more healthcare utilization and more controller medications.


CONCLUSIONS
Pharmacy fill patterns demonstrate few rescue and/or controller medication fills. Those with more rescue medications reported increased healthcare utilization despite controller medications.
Mudd
Kim
K
Division of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. Kmudd2@jhmi.edu
Bollinger
Mary Elizabeth
ME
Hsu
Van Doren
VD
Donithan
Michele
M
Butz
Arlene
A
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015142:Baltimore; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017723:Drug Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents