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Differences in Psychotropic Drug Prescribing Between Ethnic Groups of People with Dementia in the United Kingdom.

Mary Elizabeth JonesIrene PetersenKate R WaltersCini BhanuJill ManthorpeRosalind RaineNaaheed MukadamClaudia Cooper
Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2020)
Among people with dementia, Asian groups received less potentially beneficial symptomatic treatments, and Asian and Black groups were prescribed antipsychotic drugs for longer than White ethnic groups. Our findings may indicate care inequalities.
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