A Review Exploring the Relationship Between Nursing Home Staffing and Antipsychotic Medication Use

Staffing level requirements for nursing homes exist at state and federal levels in the United States. While quality of care measures may include antipsychotic (AP) prescribing, the appropriate use of APs as chemical restraints in nursing homes continues to be debated. Although the two variables appe...

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Autor principal: Mattingly, T. Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2015
Materias:
Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4685870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26662363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40120-015-0032-2
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Sumario:Staffing level requirements for nursing homes exist at state and federal levels in the United States. While quality of care measures may include antipsychotic (AP) prescribing, the appropriate use of APs as chemical restraints in nursing homes continues to be debated. Although the two variables appear to be related, improved research methods and availability of accurate staffing data will be needed to understand causal relationships regarding AP use for facility dwelling patients. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s40120-015-0032-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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