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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Dent Assoc. 2018 May;149(5):372–381.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2017.11.034

Table 2.

Antibiotic prescriptions among general dentists stratified by appropriateness of antibiotic prescribed (if the antibiotic is routinely used in general dentistry), within the Express Scripts database, January 2013 to December 2015.

Year Appropriateness No. of Prescriptions (millions) Prescriptions/1,000 beneficiaries (%) Total Drug Costs ($) Costs per 1,000 beneficiaries ($)
2013 Appropriate 2.04 66.84 (98) 17,245,993 564.11
Inappropriate 0.04 1.25 (2) 1,516,367 49.60
2014 Appropriate 2.05 65.44 (98) 14,878,372 475.38
Inappropriate 0.03 1.06 (2) 1,717,242 54.87
2015 Appropriate 2.04 68.20 (98) 13,280,603 444.66
Inappropriate 0.03 0.95 (2) 2,014,101 67.44
Total Appropriate 6.13 66.83 (98) 45,404,968 494.72
Inappropriate 0.10 1.09 (2) 5,247,710 57.30

Note. Detailed appropriateness designations are available in supplemental table. Costs examined in this study were calculated by adding the prescription drug plan costs and out-of-pocket patient costs. Plan costs included ingredient costs, taxes, dispensing fees and administrative fees and were not adjusted to exclude rebates.

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