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Hospital prescribing and usage of hypnotics and anxiolytics.
Author(s) -
Edwards C.,
Bushnell JL,
Ashton CH,
Rawlins MD
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.216
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1365-2125
pISSN - 0306-5251
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1991.tb05513.x
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , anxiolytic , anti anxiety agents , hypnotic , emergency medicine , benzodiazepine , anxiety , anesthesia , psychiatry , pharmacology , receptor
In‐patient prescribing and usage of hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs were surveyed in a teaching hospital for 4 to 6 weeks. Twenty‐one percent of admissions were prescribed these drugs which were predominantly benzodiazepines. Few patients (1.6%) were discharged with such prescriptions and subsequent usage in the community was similar to that before admission to hospital (6.1% and 6.4% respectively). In‐patient consumption increased with patient age and both prescriptions and consumption were greater in women than men.