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Comment
. 2025 Jun 1;185(6):736-739.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.0185.

Change in Default Prescription Length and Statin Prescribing Behavior

Mili Mehta  1 , Alexander C Fanaroff  2   3 , Corinne M Rhodes  4 , Aria Xiong  5 , Christopher K Snider  5 , E Madeline Grenader  5 , Michael O Harhay  5   6 , Nune Mehrabyan  7 , Maryanne K Peifer  8 , Kevin G M Volpp  3   4   5   9 , M Kit Delgado  3   5   6   10
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Change in Default Prescription Length and Statin Prescribing Behavior

Mili Mehta et al. JAMA Intern Med. .
No abstract available

Plain language summary

This quality improvement study examines the association of changing the default supply for statin prescriptions to 90 days with clinician prescribing behavior.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Fanaroff reported personal fees from Novartis and unpaid consulting for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services outside the submitted work. Dr Volpp reported grants from the National Institutes of Health during the conduct of the study, as well as grants from Independence Blue Cross, serving as co-owner of VAL Health consulting firm, holding equity options in Thrive Global, and serving as advisor and funded researcher for the American Heart Association outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Proportion of Prescription Orders With a 90-Day Supply Before and After Electronic Health Record (EHR) Preference List Default Change
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Proportion of Statin Prescription Orders With a 90-Day Supply Before and After Electronic Health Record Preference List Default Change by Patient Race and Ethnicity, Insurance, and Income
The other race category includes American Indian or Alaska Native, East Indian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and unknown, other race, or patient declined to answer; these categories were grouped together owing to small sample sizes. Error bars indicate 95% CIs.
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  • Making the Right Choice Easy.
    Richman IB, Gross CP, Durant RW. Richman IB, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Jun 1;185(6):742. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.0190. JAMA Intern Med. 2025. PMID: 40193071 No abstract available.

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