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Eye care providers prescribe most brand-name medications
Eye care providers prescribe more brand-name drugs than other health care specialists, according to Medicare Part D data.In a retrospective cross-sectional study quantifying eye care medication costs, ophthalmologists were found to file 71% of their claims and optometrists filed 67% of their claims for brand-name drugs, together prescribing more than $2.4 billion in brand-name drugs in 2013.