Open AccessContinuing Versus New Prescriptions for Sedative-Hypnotic Medications: United States, 2005–2012
Author(s) -
Christopher N. Kaufmann,
Adam P. Spira,
Colin A. Depp,
Ramin Mojtabai
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2016.303382
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , sedative , sedative/hypnotic , hypnotic , public health , population , family medicine , pharmacy , psychiatry , ambulatory , environmental health , pharmacology , nursing
To assess trends in continuing and new prescriptions for sedative-hypnotic medications, including benzodiazepines (BZDs) and non-BZD receptor agonists (nBZRAs).