Samantha Merck is a Respiratory physician affiliated with Saint Francis Health System. OpenAlex indexes 29 publications with 965 citations (h-index 14).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
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.
Respiratory
87.2%Corticosteroid54%Trelegy Ellipta51%Breztri Aerosphere23%Breo Ellipta18%Symbicort9%Part D<11 patientsbeta2-Adrenergic Agonist25.2%Albuterol Sulfate Hfa88%Ventolin Hfa12%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
12.8%Corticosteroid9.2%Prednisone100%Part D≥13 patientsProton pump inhibitor3.5%Omeprazole100%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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