Disparities in use of antipsychotic medications among nursing home residents in Arkansas

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 749-751

  Hudson, Teresa J ^a,b   Cody, Marisue ^b   Armitage, Tracey L ^a   Curtis, Martha A ^b   Sullivan, Greer ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UAMS ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ARKANSAS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOMES; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 20044384362     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.749     Document Type: Article

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