A retrospective record review and assessment of cost of quetiapine use in a community psychiatric setting in the Sedibeng district of Gauteng.
Lesley J RobertsonJacqueline K MiotBernard Janse van RensburgPublished in: The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa (2017)
Quetiapine use was associated with a highly significant improvement in functioning; however, it came at a 52% increase in medicine cost. Pre-quetiapine treatments, though, did not achieve an optimal level of functioning, and overall costs may be reduced by more rational prescribing habits.