Hui-wen Keri Yang

TL;DR: The evidence suggests that although illegal drug use is relatively rare among older adults compared with younger adults and adolescents, there is a growing problem of the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs with abuse potential.

TL;DR: It is found that the utilization of health care resources and economic burden of LTC residents with COPD were primarily due to LTC, pharmacy, and inpatient costs.

TL;DR: In this comparison of users and nonusers of maintenance medication for COPD, use of maintenance therapy was associated with significantly lower risks of hospitalization and rehospitalization and reduced Medicare expenditures.

TL;DR: Correlates differed for PDNM and PDP use, in aggregate and by therapeutic class, and adolescents’ preferences for prescription drugs as single agents or with other drugs use, and these findings provide knowledge that can be used to better target approaches for identifying and preventing problematic prescription drug use.

TL;DR: Female gender, chronic mental illness, age under 65, and lower income were significantly positively associated with benzodiazepine use in the Medicare population, whereas black and other races were significantly negatively associated with Benzodiazepines use in this population.