A population-based cost-effectiveness analysis of olanzapine and risperidone among ambulatory patients with schizophrenia

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Cooper, Dan ^a,b   Moisan, Jocelyne ^a,b   Abdous, Belkacem ^a,b   Grégoire, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic; Cost effectiveness; Database; Drugs; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISORDERS OF LIPID AND LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTPATIENT; PARKINSONISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 55249083308     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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