James Flueck is an Endocrinology/Metabolic physician affiliated with University of Kentucky. OpenAlex indexes 13 publications with 270 citations (h-index 7).
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 (2021)
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.
Hormonal (systemic)
61.4%l-Thyroxine44.3%Synthroid55%Levothyroxine Sodium45%Part D<11 patientsThyroid Hormone Synthesis Inhibitor17.1%Methimazole100%Part D<11 patientsSensory organs
21.4%Corticosteroid21.4%Hydrocortisone100%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
17.1%Biguanide (metformin)17.1%Metformin 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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Medullary thyroid cancer and Graves' disease.
PubMed
1989 - Biopharmaceutical comparison of two levothyroxine sodium products.
PubMed
1989 - Annular pancreas associated with diffuse chronic pancreatitis.
PubMed
1987
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