Psychotropic drug prescription for nursing home residents with dementia: prevalence and associations with non-resident-related factors.

Claudia H W SmeetsDebby L GerritsenSytse U ZuidemaSteven TeerenstraKlaas van der SpekMartin SmalbruggeRaymond T C M Koopmans

Published in: Aging & mental health (2017)

Prescription rates for antipsychotics are similar compared to other countries, and relatively low for antidepressants, anxiolytics, and hypnotics. Our findings indicate that improvement of prescribing could provisionally best be targeted at resident-related factors.

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patient safety
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