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. 2010 Feb 4;25(4):284–290. doi: 10.1007/s11606-010-1253-9

Table 4.

Primary Adherence, by Medication Class

All e-prescriptions New e-prescriptions
Number of e-prescriptions Number ever filled (%) Number of e-prescriptions Number ever filled (%)
Patients aged 19 and over
TOTAL 178,009 136,201 (76.5%) 72,221 50,413 (69.8%)
Drug class
Anti-hypertensives 30,211 24,332 (80.5%) 6,145 4,401 (71.6%)
Antimicrobials 22,208 17,112 (77.1%) 16,292 12,338 (75.7%)
Lipid lowering agents 12,963 10,380 (80.1%) 3,242 2,329 (71.8%)
Anti-Depressants 11,767 9,251 (78.6%) 3,476 2,452 (70.5%)
Neuropsychiatric 10,941 8,382 (76.6%) 4,046 2,926 (72.3%)
Pain medications 10,555 6,911 (65.5%) 3,594 1,610 (44.8%)
Anti-Inflammatory 10,333 8,060 (78.0%) 5,892 4,419 (75.0%)
Allergy medications 10,123 7,221 (71.3%) 6,324 4,368 (69.1%)
Gastrointestinal 8,689 6,587 (75.8%) 3,516 2,353 (66.9%)
Asthma medications 7,368 5,898 (80.1%) 3,489 2,614 (74.9%)
Anti-Anxiety 4,668 4,897 (81.9%) 1,756 1,346 (76.7%)
Gynecologic 5,980 3,972 (71.9%) 1,750 1,075 (61.4%)
Diabetes drugs 5,525 4,316 (78.1%) 1,032 708 (68.6%)
Dermatologic agents 5,525 3,211 (68.8%) 3,598 2,393 (66.5%)
Other 21,153 15,671 (74.1%) 8,069 5,081 (62.9%)
Patients aged 0–18
TOTAL 17,921 15,636 (87.3%) 10,024 8,571 (85.5%)
Drug class
Antimicrobials 8,732 8,227 (94.2%) 4,881 4,609 (94.4%)
Neuropsychiatric 1,476 1,256 (85.1%) 182 144 (79.1%)
Asthma medications 2,295 2,033 (88.6%) 1,225 1,087 (88.7%)
Dermatologic agents 1,439 1,195 (83.0%) 1,149 941 (81.9%)