Trends in Antipsychotic and Mood Stabilizer Prescribing in Long-Term Care in the U.S.: 2011-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes focuses on but is not limited to long-term care (LTC) residents with dementia; the potential impact on residents with other diagnoses is unclear. We sought to determine whether resident subpopulations experienced changes in antipsychotic and mood stabilizer prescribing.

Design

Repeated cross-sectional analysis of a 20% Medicare sample, 2011-2014.

Setting and participant

Fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries with Part D coverage in LTC (n = 562,485) and a secondary analysis limited to persons with depression or bipolar disorder (n = 139,071).

Methods

Main outcome was quarterly predicted probability of treatment with an antipsychotic or mood s

SUBMITTER: Gerlach LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7641905 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature