UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric MedicineMeyers Primary Care Institute
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2013-02-06Keywords
AgedAntipsychotic Agents
Female
Humans
Male
Nursing Homes
Off-Label Use
Pharmacies
Physician's Practice Patterns
Prevalence
Retrospective Studies
United States
Geriatrics
Health Services Research
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
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The prescribing of antipsychotic medications persists at high levels in US nursing homes (NHs) despite extensive data demonstrating marginal clinical benefits and serious adverse effects, including death.1- 2 However, imprecise and outdated data have limited the understanding of the current state of antipsychotic medication prescribing in NHs.3 We analyzed recent and detailed NH prescription data to address: (1) What is the current level of antipsychotic use? (2) Does antipsychotic use in NHs display geographic variation? and (3) Which antipsychotics are most commonly prescribed?Source
JAMA. 2013 Feb 6;309(5):440-2. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.211266. Link to article on publisher's site
DOI
10.1001/jama.2012.211266Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/37225PubMed ID
23385262Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1001/jama.2012.211266