Title
Antipsychotic use among nursing home residents
UMMS Affiliation
Meyers Primary Care Institute; Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Publication Date
2013-02-06
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Aged; Antipsychotic Agents; Female; Humans; Male; Nursing Homes; Off-Label Use; Pharmacies; Physician's Practice Patterns; Prevalence; Retrospective Studies; United States
Disciplines
Geriatrics | Health Services Research | Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Abstract
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data demonstrating marginal clinical benefits and serious adverse effects, including death.1- 2 However, imprecise and outdated data have limited the understanding of the current state of antipsychotic medication prescribing in NHs.3 We analyzed recent and detailed NH prescription data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?
DOI of Published Version
10.1001/jama.2012.211266
Source
JAMA. 2013 Feb 6;309(5):440-2. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.211266. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
Related Resources
PubMed ID
23385262
Repository Citation
Briesacher, Becky A.; Tjia, Jennifer; Field, Terry S.; Peterson, Daniel J.; and Gurwitz, Jerry H., "Antipsychotic use among nursing home residents" (2013). Meyers Primary Care Institute Publications and Presentations. 642.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/meyers_pp/642
