Drug use patterns in severely mentally ill medicare beneficiaries: Impact of discontinuities in drug coverage

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 496-514

  Simoni Wastila, Linda ^a   Zuckerman, Ilene H ^a   Shaffer, Thomas ^a   Blanchette, Christopher M ^b   Stuart, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Drug coverage; Medicare; Mental health; Prescription drugs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPRAZOLAM; AMOBARBITAL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOZAPINE; DIAZEPAM; GLUTETHIMIDE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PEMOLINE; SECOBARBITAL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE PART D; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41149172500     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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