One-year medication treatment patterns, healthcare resource utilization, and expenditures for Medicaid patients with schizophrenia starting oral atypical antipsychotic …

K Richards, M Johnsrud, C Zacker… - Administration and Policy …, 2024 - Springer
Oral atypical antipsychotic (OAAP) medications are the most commonly prescribed treatment
for the management of schizophrenia symptoms. This retrospective study, using Medicaid …

Patterns of discontinuation of atypical antipsychotics in the province of Québec: a retrospective prescription claims database analysis

J Moisan, JP Grégoire - Clinical therapeutics, 2010 - Elsevier
Background: Patterns of discontinuation of atypical antipsychotic drugs, including the return
to therapy after an interruption, have not been examined longitudinally. Objective: This study …

Predictors of medication nonadherence and hospitalization in Medicaid patients with bipolar I disorder given long-acting or oral antipsychotics

K Lang, J Korn, E Muser, JC Choi… - Journal of Medical …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To assess rates and predictors of medication nonadherence and hospitalization
among patients with bipolar I disorder. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort analysis of …

Association between adherence to and persistence with atypical antipsychotics and psychiatric relapse among US Medicaid-enrolled patients with schizophrenia

J Panish, S Karve, SD Candrilli… - … of Pharmaceutical Health …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective Assess association between adherence and persistence with second-generation
oral antipsychotics (SGOAs), psychiatric-related relapse and healthcare utilization among …

Strategies for increasing treatment compliance: the role of long-acting antipsychotics

RC Love - American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Increased patient compliance with antipsychotic medications is associated with increased
efficacy and reduced rates of rehospitalization. It can improve treatment outcomes for …

The relationship between antipsychotic medication adherence and patient outcomes among individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder: a retrospective study

MJ Lage, MK Hassan - Annals of General Psychiatry, 2009 - Springer
Background Reducing hospitalizations and emergency room visits is important to improve
patient outcomes. This observational study examined the association between adherence to …

Medical costs and hospitalizations among patients with depression treated with adjunctive atypical antipsychotic therapy: an analysis of health insurance claims data

R Halpern, A Nadkarni, I Kalsekar… - Annals of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND Depression is frequently debilitating. The American Psychiatric Association
recommends adjunctive atypical antipsychotics as a treatment option when response to …

Assessment of changes in utilization of health-care services after implementation of a prior authorization policy for atypical antipsychotic agents

A Walthour, L Seymour, R Tackett… - Annals of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: In 2004, the Georgia Medicaid program implemented a prior authorization
(PA) policy for certain atypical antipsychotic agents, resulting in an average savings of $2.7 …

Impact of oral antipsychotic medication adherence on healthcare resource utilization among schizophrenia patients with Medicare coverage

S Offord, J Lin, B Wong, D Mirski, RA Baker - Community mental health …, 2013 - Springer
Nonadherence to antipsychotic medications is widespread and compromises the outcome of
patients with schizophrenia. Using the MarketScan Medicare claims database, this study …

The effect of financial incentives on adherence to antipsychotic depot medication: does it change over time?

H Pavlickova, SA Bremner, S Priebe - The Journal of clinical …, 2015 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: A recent cluster-randomized controlled trial found that offering financial incentives
improves adherence to long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs). The present study …