2007
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Second-Generation Antipsychotics and Placebo in a Randomized Trial of the Treatment of Psychosis and Aggression in Alzheimer Disease
Rosenheck RA, Leslie DL, Sindelar JL, Miller EA, Tariot PN, Dagerman KS, Davis SM, Lebowitz BD, Rabins P, Hsiao JK, Lieberman JA, Schneider LS. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Second-Generation Antipsychotics and Placebo in a Randomized Trial of the Treatment of Psychosis and Aggression in Alzheimer Disease. JAMA Psychiatry 2007, 64: 1259-1268. PMID: 17984395, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.64.11.1259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCost-benefit analysisSecond-generation antipsychoticsGreatest net health benefitNet benefit analysisNet health benefitWholesale priceHealth Utilities Index Mark 3Economic perspectiveAlzheimer's diseaseBenefit approachHealth care costsTotal health costsHealth costsQALYsCare costsMeasures of effectivenessPlacebo-controlled trialLower health care costsHealth service useTotal health careMeasures of functionCostTreatment of psychosisQuality of lifeSensitivity analysis
2006
Effectiveness of Switching Antipsychotic Medications
Essock SM, Covell NH, Davis SM, Stroup TS, Rosenheck RA, Lieberman JA. Effectiveness of Switching Antipsychotic Medications. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2006, 163: 2090-2095. PMID: 17151159, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.12.2090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAntipsychotic AgentsBenzodiazepinesCross-Over StudiesDibenzothiazepinesDose-Response Relationship, DrugDouble-Blind MethodDrug Administration ScheduleHumansMiddle AgedOlanzapinePatient DropoutsPsychotherapyQuetiapine FumarateResearch DesignRisperidoneSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologySelection BiasSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeConceptsMedication changesDifferent antipsychoticsCause treatment discontinuationCurrent medication regimensClinical Antipsychotic TrialsPhase 1 analysisPhase 1 findingsBaseline medicationsSwitching medicationsTreatment discontinuationMedication regimensPrimary outcomeMedication effectivenessAntipsychotic medicationAntipsychotic TrialsMedicationsAntipsychoticsClinical situationsOlanzapinePatientsRisperidoneIntervention effectivenessDearth of informationDiscontinuationRandom assignment