Variation in Psychotropic Medication Prescription for Adults With Schizophrenia in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Variation in prescription of psychotropic medications to patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders may underlie health inequities. Using a national U.S. Medicaid sample, the authors examined prescription patterns of psychotropic medications commonly used for managing schizophrenia.

Methods

Data from the 2011-2012 Medicaid Analytic eXtract were examined for demographic predictors of and variation across states in psychotropic medication prescription among adult patients diagnosed as having schizophrenia spectrum disorders (N=357,914). Percentages of patients in each state who filled prescriptions of at least 15 days of any antipsychotic, clozapine, antidepressant, benzodiazepine, mood stabilizer, or long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic medication were det

SUBMITTER: Bareis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8964836 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature