State Variation in Antipsychotic Use Among Assisted Living Residents With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

More than two-thirds of assisted living (AL) residents have dementia or cognitive impairment and antipsychotics are commonly prescribed for behavioral disturbances. As AL communities are regulated by state-level policies, which vary significantly regarding the care for people with dementia, we examined how antipsychotic prescribing varied across states among AL residents with dementia.

Design

This was an observational study using 20% sample of national Medicare data in 2017.

Setting and participants

The study cohort included Medicare beneficiaries with dementia aged 65 years or older who resided in larger (≥25-bed) ALs in 2017.

Methods

The study outcome was the percentage of eligible AL person-months in which antipsychotics were prescribed for each s

SUBMITTER: Zhang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10089770 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature