Use of Pharmacy Data to Assess Quality of Pharmacotherapy for Schizophrenia in a National Health Care System
Leslie D, Rosenheck R. Use of Pharmacy Data to Assess Quality of Pharmacotherapy for Schizophrenia in a National Health Care System. Medical Care 2001, 39: 923-933. PMID: 11502950, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200109000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAdultAntipsychotic AgentsComorbidityDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedDiagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)FemaleGuideline AdherenceHumansMaleMental Health ServicesMiddle AgedNational Health ProgramsOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePatient CompliancePolypharmacyPractice Guidelines as TopicSchizophreniaUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsPatient Outcomes Research TeamLarger mental health systemMultiple antipsychotic medicationsAntipsychotic medicationPORT recommendationsSchizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research TeamVeterans AffairsHealth systemTotal weekly doseTreatment of schizophreniaPrescription drug recordsMental health systemHealth care systemGeneralized estimation equationsMultiple antipsychoticsNational Health SystemOlder patientsWeekly doseNational health care systemPharmacy dataComorbid depressionTreatment recommendationsDrug recordsMedicationsPatientsThe Effect of Institutional Fiscal Stress on the Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Medications in the Treatment of Schizophrenia
LESLIE D, ROSENHECK R. The Effect of Institutional Fiscal Stress on the Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Medications in the Treatment of Schizophrenia. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2001, 189: 377-383. PMID: 11434638, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200106000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlzheimer DiseaseAntipsychotic AgentsBenzodiazepinesBudgetsClozapineComorbidityDepressive DisorderDrug CostsFemaleHealth Care CostsHealth FacilitiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedOlanzapinePirenzepinePractice Patterns, Physicians'Regression AnalysisRisperidoneSchizophreniaTreatment OutcomeUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsConceptsAtypical antipsychotic medicationsTreatment of schizophreniaAtypical antipsychoticsAntipsychotic medicationExpensive atypical antipsychotic medicationsVeterans AffairsPrescription drug recordsGeneralized estimation equationsDrug recordsPatientsReduced likelihoodAntipsychoticsMedicationsFacility characteristicsSchizophreniaAtypicalsFinal sampleTreatmentOlanzapineRisperidone