The patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients

The main aim of this study was to evaluate the patterns of use and the cost of antipsychotic and other medications used in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients. In the retrospective cohort of patients analysed in this study, the most common diagnosis was schizophrenia and the use of atypical a...

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Main Author: Sulistyarini, Arie
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2263
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description The main aim of this study was to evaluate the patterns of use and the cost of antipsychotic and other medications used in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients. In the retrospective cohort of patients analysed in this study, the most common diagnosis was schizophrenia and the use of atypical antipsychotics was more than tenfold that of typical drugs. Schizophrenic patients had the highest mean cost per patient, largely because of their longer length of stays.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-22632017-02-20T06:38:10Z The patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients Sulistyarini, Arie The main aim of this study was to evaluate the patterns of use and the cost of antipsychotic and other medications used in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients. In the retrospective cohort of patients analysed in this study, the most common diagnosis was schizophrenia and the use of atypical antipsychotics was more than tenfold that of typical drugs. Schizophrenic patients had the highest mean cost per patient, largely because of their longer length of stays. 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2263 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Sulistyarini, Arie
The patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients
title The patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients
title_full The patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients
title_fullStr The patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients
title_full_unstemmed The patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients
title_short The patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients
title_sort patterns of use and economic analysis of antipsychotic medications in treating hospitalized psychiatric patients
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2263