Readmission Rates of Patients with Schizophrenia Treated with Depot Antipsychotics versus Oral Antipsychotics in a Community Hospital

This is a pilot study comparing the 30 and 60 day relapse rates for schizophrenic patients treated with long-acting injectable antipsychotics versus traditional oral antipsychotics in a community hospital setting. This is a retrospective cohort study and medical records were reviewed to gather data...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Espiridion, Eduardo D, Lewandrowski, Callum, Shahriari, Shiva, Bestoyong, Dorothy F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
Materias:
Psychiatry
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6389030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30820394
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3775
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Sumario:This is a pilot study comparing the 30 and 60 day relapse rates for schizophrenic patients treated with long-acting injectable antipsychotics versus traditional oral antipsychotics in a community hospital setting. This is a retrospective cohort study and medical records were reviewed to gather data involving readmission rates. We analyzed the data using relative risk (RR) for the 30 days and 60 days after patient discharge from the behavioral health unit of a community hospital.

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