New psychotropic medication use among Medicare beneficiaries with dementia after hospital discharge.
Matthew E GrowdonSiqi GanKristine YaffeAlexandra K LeeTimothy S AndersonUlrike MuenchW John BoscardinMichael Alan SteinmanPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)
Hospitalized PWD have a high prevalence of preadmission psychotropic medication use; against this baseline, discharge from the hospital with new psychotropics is relatively uncommon. Nevertheless, prolonged use of newly initiated psychotropics occurs in a substantial proportion of this population.