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Trends of PIMs utilization by yr.
| Categories | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients with PIMs* | 5145,405 | 5233,003 | 5418,941 | 5590,214 | 5847,229 | 5809,141 | 6070,339 |
| (78.6%) | (77.4%) | (76.2%) | (75.3%) | (75.0%) | (71.0%) | (70.3%) | |
| Number of claims with PIMs* | 54,940,535 | 53,435,500 | 52,659,225 | 52,661,711 | 54,311,248 | 50,967,107 | 51,592,664 |
| (39.7%) | (37.3%) | (35.6%) | (34.1%) | (33.8%) | (32.9%) | (32.8%) |
PIMs = potentially inappropriate medications.
indicates that duplicated cases were removed.
