Prescribing of clotrimazole-betamethasone dipropionate, a topical combination corticosteroid-antifungal product, for Medicare part D beneficiaries, United States, 2016–2022

Dustin W. Currie; Avrom S. Caplan; Kaitlin Benedict; Kelly M. Hatfield; Dallas J. Smith; Shari R. Lipner; Jeremy A.W. Gold

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.435

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

Prescribing of clotrimazole-betamethasone dipropionate, a topical combination corticosteroid-antifungal product, for Medicare part D beneficiaries, United States, 2016–2022

Dustin W. Currie,
Avrom S. Caplan,
Kaitlin Benedict,
Kelly M. Hatfield,
Dallas J. Smith,
Shari R. Lipner,
Jeremy A.W. Gold

Affiliations

Dustin W. Currie: ORCiD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Avrom S. Caplan: ORCiD; The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Kaitlin Benedict: ORCiD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Kelly M. Hatfield: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Dallas J. Smith: ORCiD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Shari R. Lipner: ORCiD; Israel Englander Department of Dermatology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Jeremy A.W. Gold: ORCiD; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.435
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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During 2016–2022, Medicare part D beneficiaries filled 8,674,460 clotrimazole-betamethasone dipropionate prescriptions. Annual rates were stable (30.9 prescriptions/1,000 beneficiary-years in 2022, enough for one in every 33 beneficiaries). Diagnostic testing was infrequent, particularly among internal medicine, family medicine, and general practitioners, suggesting potential opportunities to improve diagnostic and prescribing practices.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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