Antipsychotic use Table : Prevalence of multiple antipsychotic use by study setting or user group Study Setting Study Number (%) of period people taking an antipsychotic that received two or more antipsychotics Hospital inpatients Botvinik96 Retrospective July 11/59 (19%) audit of 2002 consecutive adults admitted to a private psychiatric hospital in Melbourne (n=100) Hospital discharge Plever5 Audit of Time 1: Time 1: 8.7% discharge Oct Time 2: 10.6% dispensing Aug 07 records for patients Time 2: discharged 06 with a May – Diagnosis 07 Related Group for schizophrenia from 15 mental health inpatient services across Queensland after implementation of a state-wide Mental Health Clinical Collaborative John Retrospective 2010 99 (43%). audit of Prescription of patients required’ ‘when discharged antipsychotics from a WA
Antipsychotic use Table : Prevalence of multiple antipsychotic use by study setting or user group Study Setting Study period Number (%) of people taking an antipsychotic that received two or more antipsychotics Hospital inpatients Botvinik96 Retrospective audit of consecutive adults admitted to a private psychiatric hospital in Melbourne (n=100) July 2002 11/59 (19%) Hospital discharge Plever5 Audit of discharge dispensing records for patients discharged with a Diagnosis Related Group for schizophrenia from 15 mental health inpatient services across Queensland after implementation of a state-wide Mental Health Clinical Collaborative Time 1: Oct 07 Time 2: 06 – May 07 Time 1: 8.7% Time 2: 10.6% John Retrospective audit of patients discharged from a WA 2010 99 (43%). Prescription of ‘when required’ antipsychotics Aug