Comparing the treatment patterns of patients with schizophrenia treated with olanzapine and quetiapine in the Pennsylvania Medicaid population

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 755-764

  Yu, Andrew P ^a   Ben Hamadi, Rym ^a   Birnbaum, Howard G ^a   Atanasov, Pavel ^a   Stensland, Michael D ^b   Philips, Glenn ^b  

^a ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Olanzapine; Optimal matching; Propensity score; Quetiapine; Schizophrenia; Treatment patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MONOTHERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYPHARMACY; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649304807     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007990802683579     Document Type: Article

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