Changes in guideline-recommended medication possession after implementing Kendra's law in New York.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined changes in possession of guideline-recommended medication among three groups of New York State Medicaid enrollees with severe mental illness: those who received an involuntary outpatient commitment order, voluntary enhanced services, or neither of these interventions.

Methods

An observational study was conducted with New York State Medicaid claims data for enrollees with bipolar, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorders in New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson River regions from 2000 to 2005 (N=7,762). With adjustment for clinical and demographic characteristics, logistic regression models predicted the probability of a monthly medication possession ratio (MPR) ≥ 80% for medications recommended by expert guidelines or by the U.S. Food an

SUBMITTER: Busch AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6690587 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature