Antipsychotic Medication Prescribing Practices Among Adult Patients Discharged From State Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The goal of this study was to explore antipsychotic medication prescribing practices in a sample of 86,034 patients discharged from state psychiatric inpatient hospitals and to find the prevalence of patients discharged with no antipsychotic medications, on antipsychotic monotherapy, and on antipsychotic polypharmacy. For patients discharged on antipsychotic polypharmacy, the study explored the adjusted rates of antipsychotic polypharmacy, the reasons patients were discharged on antipsychotic polypharmacy, the proportion of antipsychotic polypharmacy by mental health disorder, and the characteristics associated with being discharged on antipsychotic polypharmacy.

Methods

This cross-sectional study analyzed all discharges for adult patients (18 to 64 y of age) from

SUBMITTER: Ortiz G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4956725 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature