Variations in prescribing practices for novel antipsychotic medications among veterans affairs hospitals

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1523-1525

  Owen, R R ^a   Feng, W ^a   Thrush, C R ^a   Hudson, T J ^a   Austen, M A ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0034757786     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1523     Document Type: Article

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