A study of antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes: Epidemiologic evidence suggesting misuse

W.A. Ray, C.F. Federspiel and W. Schaffner

American Journal of Public Health, 1980, vol. 70, issue 5, 485-491

Abstract: We reviewed 384,326 prescriptions for 5,902 Medicaid patients residing continuously for one year in 173 Tennessee nursing homes. Of these patients, 43 per cent received antipsychotic drugs; 9 percent were chronic recipients (received at least 365 daily doses per year). Of the 1,580 physicians who cared for these patients, 42 per cent prescribed anti-psychotic medication. Physicians with large nursing home practices (10 or more patients) prescribed 81 per cent of the total antipsychotic medication, and were usually family practitioners (78 per cent) and in rural practice (47 per cent). As nursing home practice size increased, doctors prescribed more drug per patient (p

Date: 1980
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