Psychotropic Medication Use among Medicare Beneficiaries Following Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterize psychotropic medication use before and after traumatic brain injury (TBI) hospitalization among older adults. A secondary objective is to determine how receipt of indicated pharmacologic treatment for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) differs following TBI.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Setting

United States.

Participants

Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years hospitalized with TBI between 2006 and 2010 with continuous drug coverage for 12 months before and after TBI (N = 60,276).

Measurements

We obtained monthly psychotropic medication use by drug class and specific drugs from Medicare Part D drug event files.ICD-9 codes were used to define anxiety (300.0x) and PTSD (309.81).

Results

Average monthly preval

SUBMITTER: Albrecht JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5365362 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature