Continuity of antipsychotic medication management for medicaid patients with schizophrenia

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 747-752

  Farley, Joel F ^a   Wang, Chi Chuan ^a   Hansen, Richard A ^b   Voils, Corrine I ^c,d   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^c,d  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960002706     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.7.pss6207_0747     Document Type: Article

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