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- Title
Prevalence of use of antipsychotic drugs in the elderly in Catalonia.
- Authors
Asensio, Carmen; Escoda, Núria; Sabaté, Mònica; Carbonell, Pere; López, Pilar; Laporte, Joan-Ramon
- Abstract
In this article, the author examined use of antipsychotic (APs) among the elderly in the Catalan Health Service (CHS) prescription claims database. Topics discussed include CHS provides public-funded universal healthcare coverage to the entire population including all prescription drugs; information regarding symptomatic treatment of aggression and psychotic symptoms in elderly patients with dementia; and adverse impact associated with APs like , stroke, pneumonia, and acute kidney failure.
- Subjects
SPAIN; DRUG therapy for aggression; DRUG therapy for psychoses; ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents; DATABASES; DRUG utilization; DRUGS; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; PHARMACOLOGY; SENILE dementia; SEX distribution; DISEASE prevalence; OLD age
- Publication
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2018, Vol 74, Issue 9, p1185
- ISSN
0031-6970
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00228-018-2469-6