The Effects of Antipsychotic Quality Reporting on Antipsychotic and Psychoactive Medication Use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to examine how nursing homes changed their use of antipsychotic and other psychoactive medications in response to Nursing Home Compare's initiation of publicly reporting antipsychotic use in July 2012.

Research design and subjects

The study includes all state recertification surveys (n = 40,415) for facilities six quarters prior and post the initiation of public reporting. Using a difference-in-difference framework, the change in use of antipsychotics and other psychoactive medications is compared for facilities subject to public reporting and facilities not subject to reporting.

Principal findings

The percentage of residents using antipsychotics, hypnotics, or any psychoactive medication is found to decline after public report

SUBMITTER: Bowblis JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4545347 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature