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Antipsychotic Medication Adherence and Healthcare Services Utilization in Two Cohorts of Patients with Serious Mental Illness
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in patient characteristics and real-world outcomes in two distinct high-risk cohorts of patients with serious mental illness (SMI). METHODS: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis using a national multi-payer claims database. Two SMI cohorts identified by a technic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7027903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32104024 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S231000 |
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author | Forma, Felicia Green, Teresa Kim, Seung Teigland, Christie |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in patient characteristics and real-world outcomes in two distinct high-risk cohorts of patients with serious mental illness (SMI). METHODS: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis using a national multi-payer claims database. Two SMI cohorts identified by a technical expert panel—patients recently discharged (RD) from an SMI-related hospitalization and early episode (EE) patients—were evaluated for antipsychotic medication adherence, healthcare utilization, and spending patterns. RESULTS: The analysis included 51,705 patients with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia. More than half were over age 46 and >60% were female. Adherence to psychiatric medications was low (52.5% RD and 16.1% EE). More than half of RD and 100% of EE patients switched medications at least once annually, but 19% of RD patients switched ≥2 times compared to 14% of EE. The RD cohort (generally older and sicker) had higher psychiatric related utilization and higher annual costs (US$21,171 versus US$15,398). In both cohorts, women were more likely to have an emergency department (ED) and primary care provider (PCP) visit, but less likely to be hospitalized. Patients age <46 were less likely to have a PCP visit and more likely to have an ED visit, but younger patients age 18–24 were less likely to be hospitalized. CONCLUSION: Efforts to manage SMI are confounded by heterogeneity and low adherence to treatment. By better understanding which patients are at higher risk for specific adverse outcomes, clinicians can target interventions more appropriately to reduce the significant burden of SMI. |
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spelling | pubmed-70279032020-02-26 Antipsychotic Medication Adherence and Healthcare Services Utilization in Two Cohorts of Patients with Serious Mental Illness Forma, Felicia Green, Teresa Kim, Seung Teigland, Christie Clinicoecon Outcomes Res Original Research OBJECTIVE: To evaluate differences in patient characteristics and real-world outcomes in two distinct high-risk cohorts of patients with serious mental illness (SMI). METHODS: Retrospective cross-sectional analysis using a national multi-payer claims database. Two SMI cohorts identified by a technical expert panel—patients recently discharged (RD) from an SMI-related hospitalization and early episode (EE) patients—were evaluated for antipsychotic medication adherence, healthcare utilization, and spending patterns. RESULTS: The analysis included 51,705 patients with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, and schizophrenia. More than half were over age 46 and >60% were female. Adherence to psychiatric medications was low (52.5% RD and 16.1% EE). More than half of RD and 100% of EE patients switched medications at least once annually, but 19% of RD patients switched ≥2 times compared to 14% of EE. The RD cohort (generally older and sicker) had higher psychiatric related utilization and higher annual costs (US$21,171 versus US$15,398). In both cohorts, women were more likely to have an emergency department (ED) and primary care provider (PCP) visit, but less likely to be hospitalized. Patients age <46 were less likely to have a PCP visit and more likely to have an ED visit, but younger patients age 18–24 were less likely to be hospitalized. CONCLUSION: Efforts to manage SMI are confounded by heterogeneity and low adherence to treatment. By better understanding which patients are at higher risk for specific adverse outcomes, clinicians can target interventions more appropriately to reduce the significant burden of SMI. Dove 2020-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7027903/ /pubmed/32104024 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S231000 Text en © 2020 Forma et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Forma, Felicia Green, Teresa Kim, Seung Teigland, Christie Antipsychotic Medication Adherence and Healthcare Services Utilization in Two Cohorts of Patients with Serious Mental Illness |
title | Antipsychotic Medication Adherence and Healthcare Services Utilization in Two Cohorts of Patients with Serious Mental Illness |
title_full | Antipsychotic Medication Adherence and Healthcare Services Utilization in Two Cohorts of Patients with Serious Mental Illness |
title_fullStr | Antipsychotic Medication Adherence and Healthcare Services Utilization in Two Cohorts of Patients with Serious Mental Illness |
title_full_unstemmed | Antipsychotic Medication Adherence and Healthcare Services Utilization in Two Cohorts of Patients with Serious Mental Illness |
title_short | Antipsychotic Medication Adherence and Healthcare Services Utilization in Two Cohorts of Patients with Serious Mental Illness |
title_sort | antipsychotic medication adherence and healthcare services utilization in two cohorts of patients with serious mental illness |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7027903/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32104024 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S231000 |
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