David Palay is an Ophthalmology physician affiliated with Emory University. OpenAlex indexes 82 publications with 899 citations (h-index 14).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Medicare prescribing footprint (2023)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Sensory organs
55.5%Corticosteroid24.5%Prednisolone Acetate100%Part D≥203 patientsProstaglandin Analog13.3%Latanoprost100%Part D≥53 patients+ 6 more classes in this area
Cardiovascular
26.9%Beta blocker26.9%Timolol Maleate100%Part D≥235 patientsAnti-infectives
16.1%Quinolone Antimicrobial14.9%Gatifloxacin100%Part D≥130 patientsTetracycline-class Drug1.1%Minocycline Hcl100%Part D<11 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
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