Community-Based Service Use After Clozapine Treatment : A Mirror-Image Analysis of Public Claims Data

Although clozapine demonstrates unique efficacy for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, its impact on community-based services remains largely underexplored. The authors examined changes in use of community-based services after clozapine treatment among a sample of 163 patients with schizophrenia by using public claims data in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Mirror-image analyses of service utilization were used to compare the 180-day period before treatment initiation with the 180-day period that began after 6 months of adherent treatment, accounting for age, race, and gender. Across demographic variables, clozapine treatment was associated with increased use of community-based services and decreased use of psychiatric inpatient services (p<0.05, Bonferroni corrected), suggesting that clozapine treatment shifts service needs from emergency care to community-based care and recovery.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

Enthalten in:

Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) - 74(2023), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 1104-1107

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sarpal, Deepak K [VerfasserIn]
Suh, Kangho [VerfasserIn]
Bian, Kaiqi [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Pingjui [VerfasserIn]
Gannon, Jessica M [VerfasserIn]
Jhon, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Chengappa, K N Roy [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antipsychotic Agents
Clozapine
Community residences/supported housing
Inpatient treatmen
J60AR2IKIC
Journal Article
Psychopharmacology/psychosocial aspects
Rehabilitation/psychosocial
Treatment-resistant schizophrenia

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.10.2023

Date Revised 12.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1176/appi.ps.20220471

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355215659