Nursing Home Characteristics Associated with Antipsychotic Prescribing After Implementation of the National Antipsychotic Reduction Initiative (ARI).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe nursing home (NH) characteristics associated with antipsychotic use and test whether associations changed after implementation of the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care's antipsychotic reduction initiative (ARI).

Methods

Longitudinal quasi-experimental design using data from multiple sources and piecewise linear mixed models were used for statistical analyses.

Results

There was a significant decrease in monthly antipsychotic use across the study period (pre-ARI b = -0.0003, p <.001; post-ARI b = -0.0012, p <.001), which held after adjusting for NH characteristics. Registered nurse hours (b = -0.0026, p <.001), licensed practical nurse hours (b = -0.0019, p <.001), facility chain membership (b = -0.0013, p <.01), and health inspection

SUBMITTER: Holmes SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11479835 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature