Steven Laster is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Saint Luke's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 41 publications with 1,743 citations (h-index 16).
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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
81.4%Statin25.6%Atorvastatin Calcium59%Rosuvastatin Calcium37%Simvastatin3%Pravastatin Sodium2%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker17.2%Metoprolol Succinate46%Carvedilol35%Metoprolol Tartrate14%Labetalol Hcl5%Part D<11 patients+ 14 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
14.8%Factor Xa inhibitor6.2%Eliquis71%Xarelto29%Part D≥37 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor5%Clopidogrel93%Brilinta7%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
3.8%Proton pump inhibitor2.9%Pantoprazole Sodium100%Part D≥28 patientsPotassium supplement0.9%Potassium Chloride100%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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