Other measures
Provider plan for tapering or dose reduction based on prescription information. To supplement the medication outcomes as described above, we will also look for evidence of a plan for dose reduction (i.e., taper plan) from the medication instructions included with the prescriptions of target medications (the “signetur” or “SIG” portion of the prescription, a free-text field in the electronic health record). We adapted an algorithm to determine the most reliable indications of a provider starting a taper or discontinuation of a target medication [