The impact of COVID-19 on antipsychotic prescriptions for patients with schizophrenia in Australia
Author(s) -
Steve Kisely,
Dante Dangelo-Kemp,
Mark Taylor,
Dennis Liu,
Simon Matthew Graham,
Jodie Hartmann,
Sam Colman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.66
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1440-1614
pISSN - 0004-8674
DOI - 10.1177/00048674211025716
Subject(s) - medical prescription , antipsychotic , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pharmaceutical benefits scheme , covid-19 , psychiatry , population , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , family medicine , environmental health , pharmacology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
To assess the impact, in the Australian setting, of the COVID-19 lockdown on antipsychotic supplies for patients with schizophrenia following a prescription from a new medical consultation when compared to the same periods in the previous 4 years. A secondary objective was to assess the volume of all antipsychotic supplies, from new and repeat prescriptions, over these same periods.
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