Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs Among Patients With Schizophrenia Switching From Oral Risperidone/Paliperidone to Once-Monthly Paliperidone Palmitate: A Veterans Health Administration Claims Analysis

Background: Schizophrenia is associated with high health care resource utilization and treatment costs. Objective: This study compared treatment patterns, health care resource utilization, and medical costs before and after a switch from oral antipsychotic drug (risperidone or paliperidone [RIS/PALI...

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Main Authors: Charmi Patel, MPH, RN, Antoine El Khoury, PhD, MS, Ahong Huang, MD, Li Wang, PhD, MS, MBA, Richa Bashyal, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Current Therapeutic Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011393X20300138