Open AccessReal-World Treatment Patterns and Adherence to Oral Medication Among Patients with Bipolar Disorders: A Retrospective, Observational Study Using a Healthcare Claims Database
Author(s) -
Takeshi Inoue,
Hiromi Sano,
Yoshitsugu Kojima,
Shigehiro Yamada,
Osamu Sato
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2021
pISSN - 1176-6328
DOI - 10.2147/ndt.s299005
Subject(s) - medicine , lamotrigine , bipolar disorder , mood , observational study , aripiprazole , database , mood disorders , drug class , pharmacoepidemiology , population , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , lithium (medication) , drug , psychiatry , medical prescription , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , epilepsy , pharmacology , anxiety , environmental health , computer science
This study aimed to describe real-world treatment patterns and medication adherence among patients with bipolar disorder (BD) in Japan.