In Tennessee, some 13.4 percent of elderly patients received high-risk drugs in 2016. That percentage was one of the highest in the United States where the average stood at 9.6 percent. This statistic depicts the percentage of elderly patienst that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by state.
Percentage of elderly patients that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by U.S. state*
* Patients aged 65 and older who
received at least one drug from a list of 13 classes of high-risk
prescriptions that should be avoided by the elderly.
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Commonwealth Fund. (September 11, 2020). Percentage of elderly patients that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by U.S. state* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/878028/medicare-beneficiaries-that-received-high-risk-drugs-by-state/
Commonwealth Fund. "Percentage of elderly patients that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by U.S. state*." Chart. September 11, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/878028/medicare-beneficiaries-that-received-high-risk-drugs-by-state/
Commonwealth Fund. (2020). Percentage of elderly patients that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by U.S. state*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/878028/medicare-beneficiaries-that-received-high-risk-drugs-by-state/
Commonwealth Fund. "Percentage of Elderly Patients That Received High-risk Drugs in 2016, by U.S. State*." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/878028/medicare-beneficiaries-that-received-high-risk-drugs-by-state/
Commonwealth Fund, Percentage of elderly patients that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by U.S. state* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/878028/medicare-beneficiaries-that-received-high-risk-drugs-by-state/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Percentage of elderly patients that received high-risk drugs in 2016, by U.S. state* [Graph], Commonwealth Fund, September 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/878028/medicare-beneficiaries-that-received-high-risk-drugs-by-state/
