Antipsychotic use in nursing homes varies by psychiatric consultant

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-271

  Tjia, Jennifer ^a,b   Field, Terry ^a,b   Lemay, Celeste ^a,b   Mazor, Kathleen ^a,b   Pandolfi, Michelle ^c   Spenard, Ann ^c   Ho, Shih Yieh ^c   Kanaan, Abir ^a,d   Donovan, Jennifer ^a,d   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^a,b   Briesacher, Becky ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^d School of Optometry Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Casemix; Inappropriate drug use; Nursing homes; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY MASS; CASE MIX; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PHARMACY; PRACTICAL NURSE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; SAMPLE SIZE; WANDERING BEHAVIOR; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CONSULTANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84898909544     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000076     Document Type: Article

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