Matthew Bessen is a Cardiology physician affiliated with KentuckyOne Health. OpenAlex indexes 6 publications with 571 citations (h-index 5).
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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.
Cardiovascular
74.1%Beta blocker16.5%Metoprolol Succinate38%Carvedilol34%Metoprolol Tartrate9%Nebivolol Hcl8%Atenolol5%Bisoprolol Fumarate4%Sotalol3%Part D<11 patientsStatin14%Atorvastatin Calcium69%Rosuvastatin Calcium25%Pravastatin Sodium6%Part D<11 patients+ 15 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
16.5%Factor Xa inhibitor9.5%Eliquis76%Xarelto24%Part D≥50 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor5.1%Clopidogrel77%Brilinta23%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
8.2%Potassium supplement7.2%Potassium Chloride92%Klor-Con M208%Part D<11 patientsSGLT2 inhibitor1%Farxiga100%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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