Risperidone long-acting injection: a 6-year mirror-image study of healthcare resource use
Taylor, D., Fischetti, C., Sparshatt, A., Thomas, A., Bishara, D. and Cornelius, V. (2009) Risperidone long-acting injection: a 6-year mirror-image study of healthcare resource use. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 120, (2), 97-101. (doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01352.x).
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Description/Abstract
Objective: To evaluate naturalistic use of risperidone long-acting injection (RLAI) and its effect on healthcare resource use.
Method: Mirror-image comparison of healthcare resource use for 3 years before RLAI initiation and 3 years after.
Results: In total, 211 of 277 patients consecutively prescribed RLAI were evaluable over the full 6-year study period. Median days in hospital/patient increased significantly in the 3 years after RLAI initiation [87 days (inter-quartile range 25–236) before vs. 192 days (47–426) after; P < 0.001]. Those 34 patients who continued RLAI for 3 years showed no change in median bed days [64 days (6.5–182) before vs. 64 days (12–180) after] and median number of admissions was decreased [1.5 (1–2.25) before vs. 1.00 (0–1.25) after; P = 0.001]. Healthcare costs more than doubled for the whole cohort (P < 0.001) and discontinuers (P < 0.001) and increased significantly for continuers (P = 0.010).
Conclusion: RLAI did not decrease either time spent in hospital or overall healthcare costs in this patient cohort.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0001-690X (print) 1600-0447 (electronic) |
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| Keywords: | risperidone, bed stay, healthcare resource, antipsychotics |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RB Pathology R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Community Clinical Sciences |
| Item ID: | 162017 |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Aug 2010 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 12:52 |
| Contributors: | Taylor, D. (Author) Fischetti, C. (Author) Sparshatt, A. (Author) Thomas, A. (Author) Bishara, D. (Author) Cornelius, V. (Author) |
| Date: | 5 February 2009 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/162017 |
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