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Title
Effect of New York State regulatory action on benzodiazepine prescribing and hip fracture rates.
Authors
Wagner, Anita K; Ross-Degnan, Dennis; Gurwitz, Jerry H; Zhang, Fang; Gilden, Daniel B; Cosler, Leon; Soumerai, Stephen B
Abstract
Medicare Part D excludes benzodiazepines from coverage, and numerous state government policies limit use of benzodiazepines. No data indicate that such policies have decreased the incidence of hip fracture.
Publication
Annals of internal medicine, 2007, Vol 146, Issue 2, p96