PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gastala, Nicole Michele
AU  - Wingrove, Peter
AU  - Liaw, Winston
AU  - Petterson, Stephen
AU  - Bazemore, Andrew
TI  - Using Drug Prescribing Patterns to Identify Stewards of Cost-Conscious Care
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2017.06.170019
DP  - 2017 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 824--827
VI  - 30
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/6/824.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/30/6/824.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2017 Nov 01; 30
AB  - Purpose: To characterize family physicians (FPs) who are stewards of care by consistently prescribing omeprazole over esomeprazole.Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of physicians prescribing omeprazole or esomeprazole under Medicare Part D in 2014.Results: There was a regional trend with 49% of Western FPs but only 6% of Southern FPs rarely prescribing esomeprazole. Physicians had increased odds of being a steward if they worked with a care coordinator (P < .001), at a patient-centered medical home (P < .001), or in a large practice (P < .001).Conclusions: If these findings are replicated across multiple drugs, future outreach could be conducted based on provider prescribing patterns.